Cereals, primary — Production in Melanesia
Melanesia: Cereals, primary — Production was 40,947 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Production in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — production in Melanesia stood at 40,947 t.
That represents a change of up 15.8% on the previous year and up 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Melanesia peaked at 43,190 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 18,672 t, in 1965.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Production in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26,780 t | — |
| 1962 | 26,536 t | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 26,058 t | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 22,502 t | -13.6% |
| 1965 | 18,672 t | -17.0% |
| 1966 | 18,758 t | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 20,758 t | +10.7% |
| 1968 | 27,695 t | +33.4% |
| 1969 | 25,073 t | -9.5% |
| 1970 | 28,164 t | +12.3% |
| 1971 | 26,911 t | -4.4% |
| 1972 | 24,093 t | -10.5% |
| 1973 | 22,987 t | -4.6% |
| 1974 | 23,114 t | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 29,974 t | +29.7% |
| 1976 | 29,702 t | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 29,587 t | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 31,509 t | +6.5% |
| 1979 | 35,965 t | +14.1% |
| 1980 | 40,635 t | +13.0% |
| 1981 | 40,061 t | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 39,066 t | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 34,243 t | -12.3% |
| 1984 | 35,613 t | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 40,683 t | +14.2% |
| 1986 | 37,565 t | -7.7% |
| 1987 | 28,135 t | -25.1% |
| 1988 | 38,150 t | +35.6% |
| 1989 | 37,574 t | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 37,122 t | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 38,224 t | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 32,967 t | -13.8% |
| 1993 | 32,598 t | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 30,245 t | -7.2% |
| 1995 | 31,749 t | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 33,276 t | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 32,649 t | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 20,264 t | -37.9% |
| 1999 | 34,786 t | +71.7% |
| 2000 | 35,527 t | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 35,039 t | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 33,323 t | -4.9% |
| 2003 | 35,624 t | +6.9% |
| 2004 | 33,476 t | -6.0% |
| 2005 | 37,678 t | +12.5% |
| 2006 | 33,907 t | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 37,829 t | +11.6% |
| 2008 | 34,354 t | -9.2% |
| 2009 | 33,326 t | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 31,311 t | -6.0% |
| 2011 | 32,553 t | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 27,878 t | -14.4% |
| 2013 | 33,169 t | +19.0% |
| 2014 | 34,049 t | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 36,304 t | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 39,894 t | +9.9% |
| 2017 | 41,810 t | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 40,629 t | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 39,680 t | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 43,190 t | +8.8% |
| 2021 | 41,792 t | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 41,907 t | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 35,350 t | -15.6% |
| 2024 | 40,947 t | +15.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Production in Melanesia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +71.7% | 20,264 t | 34,786 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,648 t | 18,672 t | 27,695 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 28,201 t | 22,987 t | 35,965 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 37,172 t | 28,135 t | 40,683 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 32,388 t | 20,264 t | 38,224 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,008 t | 33,323 t | 37,829 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,728 t | 27,878 t | 41,810 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,637 t | 35,350 t | 43,190 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 14 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.49 million t compare
- 14 Australia and New Zealand 53.45 million t compare
- 15 Australia 52.35 million t compare
- 15 Republic of Moldova 2.13 million t compare
- 16 Germany 38.98 million t compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 132,000 t compare
- 17 Thailand 38.64 million t compare
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 289.81 t compare
- 18 Poland 34.35 million t compare
- 18 Micronesia 289.81 t compare
- 19 Mexico 32.64 million t compare
- 20 Ethiopia 31.76 million t compare
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- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.5429 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -1.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -19.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.4201 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.2146 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 21.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in Melanesia?
- Cereals, primary — production in Melanesia was 40,947 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 43,190 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,672 t in 1965.
- How does Melanesia rank for cereals, primary — production?
- Melanesia ranks 17th out of 19 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Melanesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Production. 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.