Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Melanesia
Melanesia: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 373,679 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Melanesia is 373,679 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Melanesia peaked at 431,506 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 193,300 t, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 193,300 t | — |
| 1962 | 197,500 t | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 195,700 t | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 210,900 t | +7.8% |
| 1965 | 208,100 t | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 216,500 t | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 218,600 t | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 222,300 t | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 224,500 t | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 227,800 t | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 230,000 t | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 233,300 t | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 238,900 t | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 243,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 247,400 t | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 250,500 t | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 254,500 t | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 256,500 t | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 258,500 t | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 263,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 268,000 t | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 274,000 t | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 277,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 280,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 284,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 285,500 t | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 288,000 t | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 289,500 t | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 292,232 t | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 296,900 t | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 293,356 t | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 293,733 t | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 289,113 t | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 292,860 t | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 298,336 t | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 304,685 t | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 312,800 t | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 317,591 t | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 321,878 t | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 329,200 t | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 338,500 t | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 344,270 t | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 346,229 t | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 352,000 t | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 337,500 t | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 348,700 t | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 354,090 t | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 368,949 t | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 383,328 t | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 381,002 t | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 388,275 t | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 387,000 t | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 395,000 t | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 400,738 t | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 402,892 t | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 407,770 t | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 412,716 t | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 417,622 t | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 422,731 t | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 428,104 t | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 431,506 t | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 371,731 t | -13.9% |
| 2023 | 373,197 t | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 373,679 t | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 209,711 t | 193,300 t | 224,500 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 244,040 t | 227,800 t | 258,500 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 280,123 t | 263,000 t | 292,232 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 302,125 t | 289,113 t | 321,878 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 350,277 t | 329,200 t | 383,328 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 401,575 t | 381,002 t | 422,731 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 395,643 t | 371,731 t | 431,506 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 4 Namibia 379,322 t compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 922,483 t compare
- 5 Papua New Guinea 369,648 t compare
- 6 Thailand 280,114 t compare
- 7 Peru 276,425 t compare
- 8 Mexico 183,964 t compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 50,292 t compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 49,688 t compare
- 9 Nepal 153,475 t compare
- 10 Colombia 129,129 t compare
- 10 Timor-Leste 27,293 t compare
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- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 11.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 10.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 0.5158 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production, annual growth rate -0.6857 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Melanesia?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Melanesia was 373,679 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 431,506 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 193,300 t in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Melanesia ranks 7th out of 13 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. 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 Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Production. 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.