Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested was 89,921 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Vanuatu, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Vanuatu stood at 89,921 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Vanuatu peaked at 96,000 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 68,000 ha, in 1961.
Vanuatu ranks 9th of 84 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 68,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 68,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 68,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 68,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 68,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 68,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 68,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 68,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 68,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 68,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 68,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 68,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 68,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 68,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 68,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 68,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 68,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 68,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 68,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 69,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 69,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 69,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 69,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 69,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 69,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 69,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 69,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 69,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 69,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 69,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 69,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 71,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 71,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 71,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 71,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 71,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 72,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 73,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 73,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 73,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 74,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 74,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 74,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 74,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 96,000 ha | +29.7% |
| 2006 | 96,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 96,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 96,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 96,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 96,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 96,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 92,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 92,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 92,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 92,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 92,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 92,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 89,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 90,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 88,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 89,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 89,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 89,921 ha | +1.0% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 89,921 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17,687 ha, 5.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 89,921 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 26,034 ha, 3.5× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68,000 ha | 68,000 ha | 68,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 68,000 ha | 68,000 ha | 68,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 69,000 ha | 69,000 ha | 69,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 71,100 ha | 69,000 ha | 73,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 84,900 ha | 73,000 ha | 96,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 92,300 ha | 89,000 ha | 96,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 89,184 ha | 88,000 ha | 90,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 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
- 8 Mexico 125,472 ha compare
- 8 Micronesia 54,092 ha compare
- 9 Micronesia (Federated States of) 18,024 ha compare
- 10 Mozambique 77,875 ha compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 17,537 ha compare
- 11 Ghana 76,051 ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 11,274 ha compare
- 12 Malaysia 75,418 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Vanuatu
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2663 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,054 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7768 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.8% (2011)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Vanuatu?
- Coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Vanuatu was 89,921 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 96,000 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest coconuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 68,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Vanuatu rank for coconuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Vanuatu ranks 9th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coconuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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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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.