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

Latest (2024)
373,679 t
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
7th
of 13 countries
All-time high
431,506 t
in 2021
All-time low
193,300 t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Melanesia, 1961–2024

0100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k196119922024

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

Annual values for Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Production in Melanesia, 1961 to 2024.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 4 Namibia 379,322 t compare
  2. 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 922,483 t compare
  3. 5 Papua New Guinea 369,648 t compare
  4. 6 Thailand 280,114 t compare
  5. 7 Peru 276,425 t compare
  6. 8 Mexico 183,964 t compare
  7. 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 50,292 t compare
  8. 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 49,688 t compare
  9. 9 Nepal 153,475 t compare
  10. 10 Colombia 129,129 t compare
  11. 10 Timor-Leste 27,293 t compare

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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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Indicator
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
113 places, 6,047 data points, 1961–2024
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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.