Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Melanesia
Melanesia: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 680 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 680 ha for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 26.4% on the previous year and up 185.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Melanesia peaked at 680 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8 ha, in 1964.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10 ha | — |
| 1962 | 25 ha | +150.0% |
| 1963 | 40 ha | +60.0% |
| 1964 | 8 ha | -80.0% |
| 1965 | 18 ha | +125.0% |
| 1966 | 10 ha | -44.4% |
| 1967 | 20 ha | +100.0% |
| 1968 | 25 ha | +25.0% |
| 1969 | 10 ha | -60.0% |
| 1970 | 20 ha | +100.0% |
| 1971 | 30 ha | +50.0% |
| 1972 | 15 ha | -50.0% |
| 1973 | 20 ha | +33.3% |
| 1974 | 10 ha | -50.0% |
| 1975 | 40 ha | +300.0% |
| 1976 | 30 ha | -25.0% |
| 1977 | 8 ha | -73.3% |
| 1978 | 25 ha | +212.5% |
| 1979 | 15 ha | -40.0% |
| 1980 | 25 ha | +66.7% |
| 1981 | 45 ha | +80.0% |
| 1982 | 60 ha | +33.3% |
| 1983 | 80 ha | +33.3% |
| 1984 | 50 ha | -37.5% |
| 1985 | 85 ha | +70.0% |
| 1986 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 91 ha | +7.1% |
| 1991 | 99 ha | +8.8% |
| 1992 | 117 ha | +18.2% |
| 1993 | 128 ha | +9.4% |
| 1994 | 159 ha | +24.2% |
| 1995 | 177 ha | +11.3% |
| 1996 | 167 ha | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 184 ha | +10.2% |
| 1998 | 251 ha | +36.4% |
| 1999 | 258 ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 236 ha | -8.5% |
| 2001 | 205 ha | -13.1% |
| 2002 | 194 ha | -5.4% |
| 2003 | 91 ha | -53.1% |
| 2004 | 185 ha | +103.3% |
| 2005 | 248 ha | +34.1% |
| 2006 | 215 ha | -13.3% |
| 2007 | 251 ha | +16.7% |
| 2008 | 220 ha | -12.4% |
| 2009 | 161 ha | -26.8% |
| 2010 | 195 ha | +21.1% |
| 2011 | 208 ha | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 223 ha | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 210 ha | -5.8% |
| 2014 | 238 ha | +13.3% |
| 2015 | 458 ha | +92.4% |
| 2016 | 486 ha | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 380 ha | -21.8% |
| 2018 | 438 ha | +15.3% |
| 2019 | 460 ha | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 477 ha | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 440 ha | -7.8% |
| 2022 | 525 ha | +19.3% |
| 2023 | 538 ha | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 680 ha | +26.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +300.0% | 10 ha | 40 ha |
| 1978 | +212.5% | 8 ha | 25 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.44 ha | 8 ha | 40 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21.3 ha | 8 ha | 40 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 68.5 ha | 25 ha | 85 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 163.1 ha | 91 ha | 258 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 200.6 ha | 91 ha | 251 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 329.6 ha | 195 ha | 486 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 532 ha | 440 ha | 680 ha | 5 |
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- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 11.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 8.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 21.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.8374 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -1.73 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Melanesia?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Melanesia was 680 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 680 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 ha in 1964.
- How does Melanesia rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 15th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 185.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Melanesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.