Cereals, primary — Area harvested in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 631 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in New Caledonia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — area harvested in New Caledonia is 631 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 95.4% on the previous year and down 37.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in New Caledonia peaked at 1,671 ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 157 ha, in 1993.
New Caledonia ranks 163rd of 178 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in New Caledonia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,050 ha | — |
| 1962 | 950 ha | -9.5% |
| 1963 | 900 ha | -5.3% |
| 1964 | 850 ha | -5.6% |
| 1965 | 800 ha | -5.9% |
| 1966 | 750 ha | -6.2% |
| 1967 | 710 ha | -5.3% |
| 1968 | 642 ha | -9.6% |
| 1969 | 590 ha | -8.1% |
| 1970 | 545 ha | -7.6% |
| 1971 | 475 ha | -12.8% |
| 1972 | 480 ha | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 460 ha | -4.2% |
| 1974 | 420 ha | -8.7% |
| 1975 | 388 ha | -7.6% |
| 1976 | 335 ha | -13.7% |
| 1977 | 246 ha | -26.6% |
| 1978 | 527 ha | +114.2% |
| 1979 | 918 ha | +74.2% |
| 1980 | 1,671 ha | +82.0% |
| 1981 | 1,191 ha | -28.7% |
| 1982 | 1,251 ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 1,162 ha | -7.1% |
| 1984 | 1,095 ha | -5.8% |
| 1985 | 979 ha | -10.6% |
| 1986 | 941 ha | -3.9% |
| 1987 | 519 ha | -44.8% |
| 1988 | 490 ha | -5.6% |
| 1989 | 640 ha | +30.6% |
| 1990 | 667 ha | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 296 ha | -55.6% |
| 1992 | 269 ha | -9.1% |
| 1993 | 157 ha | -41.6% |
| 1994 | 220 ha | +40.1% |
| 1995 | 320 ha | +45.5% |
| 1996 | 504 ha | +57.5% |
| 1997 | 507 ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 546 ha | +7.7% |
| 1999 | 572 ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 1,200 ha | +109.8% |
| 2001 | 1,199 ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,032 ha | -13.9% |
| 2003 | 1,510 ha | +46.3% |
| 2004 | 1,324 ha | -12.3% |
| 2005 | 1,619 ha | +22.3% |
| 2006 | 1,000 ha | -38.2% |
| 2007 | 1,400 ha | +40.0% |
| 2008 | 1,100 ha | -21.4% |
| 2009 | 700 ha | -36.4% |
| 2010 | 850 ha | +21.4% |
| 2011 | 750 ha | -11.8% |
| 2012 | 910 ha | +21.3% |
| 2013 | 1,091 ha | +19.9% |
| 2014 | 1,003 ha | -8.1% |
| 2015 | 1,558 ha | +55.3% |
| 2016 | 1,537 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 1,399 ha | -9.0% |
| 2018 | 1,361 ha | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 1,148 ha | -15.7% |
| 2020 | 1,165 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 845 ha | -27.5% |
| 2022 | 384 ha | -54.6% |
| 2023 | 323 ha | -15.9% |
| 2024 | 631 ha | +95.4% |
New Caledonia compared with similar countries
- New Caledonia's 631 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 280,960 ha, 0% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- New Caledonia's 631 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.21 million ha, 0% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Area harvested in New Caledonia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +114.2% | 246 ha | 527 ha |
| 2000 | +109.8% | 572 ha | 1,200 ha |
| 2024 | +95.4% | 323 ha | 631 ha |
| 1980 | +82.0% | 918 ha | 1,671 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 804.67 ha | 590 ha | 1,050 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 479.4 ha | 246 ha | 918 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 993.9 ha | 490 ha | 1,671 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 405.8 ha | 157 ha | 667 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,208 ha | 700 ha | 1,619 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,161 ha | 750 ha | 1,558 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 669.6 ha | 323 ha | 1,165 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Caledonia
- 160 Puerto Rico 996 ha compare
- 161 United Arab Emirates 900 ha compare
- 162 Trinidad and Tobago 804 ha compare
- 164 Sao Tome and Principe 397 ha compare
- 165 Grenada 178 ha compare
- 166 Qatar 118 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for New Caledonia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.8 % change on previous year (2017)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0179 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 596.77 current US$ per person (2019)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2271 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3183 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.8% (2019)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.8% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2015)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in New Caledonia?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in New Caledonia was 631 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,671 ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 157 ha in 1993.
- How does New Caledonia rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- New Caledonia ranks 163rd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Caledonia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.