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.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 348,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 352,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 354,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 354,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 354,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 352,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 355,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 347,763 ha | -2.0% |
| 1969 | 354,662 ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 349,600 ha | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 350,600 ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 344,600 ha | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 351,600 ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 353,400 ha | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 353,200 ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 358,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 357,000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 362,800 ha | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 372,700 ha | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 329,600 ha | -11.6% |
| 1981 | 330,400 ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 333,200 ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 340,100 ha | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 348,017 ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 411,020 ha | +18.1% |
| 1986 | 410,800 ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 400,600 ha | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 420,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 421,700 ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 433,500 ha | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 421,385 ha | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 434,253 ha | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 435,388 ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 434,923 ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 436,464 ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 435,553 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 406,653 ha | -6.6% |
| 1998 | 437,453 ha | +7.6% |
| 1999 | 426,306 ha | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 426,340 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 373,814 ha | -12.3% |
| 2002 | 375,805 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 371,717 ha | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 354,944 ha | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 401,768 ha | +13.2% |
| 2006 | 408,482 ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 471,800 ha | +15.5% |
| 2008 | 429,851 ha | -8.9% |
| 2009 | 430,880 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 359,654 ha | -16.5% |
| 2011 | 360,724 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 356,301 ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 358,043 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 350,311 ha | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 344,367 ha | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 339,690 ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 437,716 ha | +28.9% |
| 2018 | 430,449 ha | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 428,551 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 319,158 ha | -25.5% |
| 2021 | 306,865 ha | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 304,352 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 301,314 ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 309,584 ha | +2.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coconuts, in shell — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +28.9% | 339,690 ha | 437,716 ha |
| 2020 | -25.5% | 428,551 ha | 319,158 ha |
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
- 1 Philippines 3.73 million ha compare
- 2 Indonesia 2.82 million ha compare
- 3 India 2.17 million ha compare
- 4 Sri Lanka 484,677 ha compare
- 5 Brazil 187,164 ha compare
- 5 Viet Nam 181,523 ha compare
- 6 Papua New Guinea 173,587 ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 86,627 ha compare
- 7 Thailand 131,345 ha compare
- 7 Polynesia 55,586 ha compare
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- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -1.73 % change on previous year (2024)
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- 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)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 11.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -5.09 % 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)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -12.17 % change on previous year (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 4th out of 12 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.