Cereals, primary — Yield in Melanesia
Melanesia: Cereals, primary — Yield was 3,660 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 3,660 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Melanesia peaked at 3,922 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,523 kg/ha, in 1998.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,718 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,728 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 1,770 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 1,750 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 1,748 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 1,700 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1967 | 1,680 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 1,951 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1969 | 1,720 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1970 | 1,862 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1971 | 1,967 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1972 | 1,916 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1973 | 2,023 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1974 | 1,907 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1975 | 2,066 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1976 | 2,120 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 1,872 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1978 | 1,874 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 2,164 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1980 | 2,241 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 2,268 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 2,118 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1983 | 2,064 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 2,054 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 2,302 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1986 | 2,120 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1987 | 1,747 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1988 | 2,179 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1989 | 2,169 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 2,158 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 2,252 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 2,174 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 2,261 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 2,299 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 2,570 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1996 | 2,334 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1997 | 2,485 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1998 | 1,523 kg/ha | -38.7% |
| 1999 | 2,893 kg/ha | +89.9% |
| 2000 | 2,908 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 2,822 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 2,821 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,648 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2004 | 2,663 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 2,696 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 2,677 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 2,927 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2008 | 2,705 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2009 | 2,974 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 3,062 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 3,214 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 3,018 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2013 | 3,234 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 3,625 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2015 | 3,369 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 3,478 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 3,628 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 3,733 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 3,824 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 3,922 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 3,864 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 3,836 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 3,714 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 3,660 kg/ha | -1.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Yield 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 | +89.9% | 1,523 kg/ha | 2,893 kg/ha |
| 1998 | -38.7% | 2,485 kg/ha | 1,523 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,752 kg/ha | 1,680 kg/ha | 1,951 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,977 kg/ha | 1,862 kg/ha | 2,164 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,126 kg/ha | 1,747 kg/ha | 2,302 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,295 kg/ha | 1,523 kg/ha | 2,893 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,784 kg/ha | 2,648 kg/ha | 2,974 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,419 kg/ha | 3,018 kg/ha | 3,824 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,799 kg/ha | 3,660 kg/ha | 3,922 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 2 United Arab Emirates 22,474 kg/ha compare
- 3 Qatar 14,976 kg/ha compare
- 3 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4,314 kg/ha compare
- 4 Kuwait 14,196 kg/ha compare
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4,196 kg/ha compare
- 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13,344 kg/ha compare
- 6 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3,610 kg/ha compare
- 6 Mauritius 11,890 kg/ha compare
- 7 New Caledonia 11,650 kg/ha compare
- 7 Türkiye 3,429 kg/ha compare
- 8 New Zealand 9,102 kg/ha compare
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- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -12.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.3606 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.6376 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7614 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.0116 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Melanesia?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Melanesia was 3,660 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,922 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,523 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Melanesia rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Melanesia ranks 5th out of 19 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. 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 — Yield. 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.