Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Melanesia
Melanesia: Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested was 309,584 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Melanesia stood at 309,584 ha.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and down 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Melanesia peaked at 471,800 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 301,314 ha, in 2023.
That places Melanesia 5th out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 352,381 ha | 347,763 ha | 355,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 355,350 ha | 344,600 ha | 372,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 374,544 ha | 329,600 ha | 421,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 430,188 ha | 406,653 ha | 437,453 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 404,540 ha | 354,944 ha | 471,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 376,581 ha | 339,690 ha | 437,716 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 308,255 ha | 301,314 ha | 319,158 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 2.34 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 1.31 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 41 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 89,605 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 2.18 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 374.22 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 8,430 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 532 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 4,250 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 79,382 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Melanesia?
- Coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Melanesia was 309,584 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 471,800 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest coconuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 301,314 ha in 2023.
- How does Melanesia rank for coconuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 5th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coconuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.6%. 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 Coconuts, in shell — 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.