Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Melanesia
Melanesia: Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested was 554 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Melanesia stood at 554 ha.
The figure is up 25.9% on the previous year and up 112.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Melanesia peaked at 807 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 17 ha, in 2013.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 30 ha | +50.0% |
| 1976 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 50 ha | +66.7% |
| 1983 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 53 ha | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 56 ha | +5.7% |
| 1992 | 80 ha | +42.9% |
| 1993 | 120 ha | +50.0% |
| 1994 | 194 ha | +61.7% |
| 1995 | 207 ha | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 155 ha | -25.1% |
| 1997 | 107 ha | -31.0% |
| 1998 | 407 ha | +280.4% |
| 1999 | 664 ha | +63.1% |
| 2000 | 707 ha | +6.5% |
| 2001 | 637 ha | -9.9% |
| 2002 | 613 ha | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 609 ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 619 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 645 ha | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 757 ha | +17.4% |
| 2007 | 807 ha | +6.6% |
| 2008 | 667 ha | -17.3% |
| 2009 | 531 ha | -20.4% |
| 2010 | 345 ha | -35.0% |
| 2011 | 69 ha | -80.0% |
| 2012 | 23 ha | -66.7% |
| 2013 | 17 ha | -26.1% |
| 2014 | 261 ha | +1435.3% |
| 2015 | 63 ha | -75.9% |
| 2016 | 60 ha | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 71 ha | +18.3% |
| 2018 | 118 ha | +66.2% |
| 2019 | 122 ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 216 ha | +77.0% |
| 2021 | 240 ha | +11.1% |
| 2022 | 327 ha | +36.2% |
| 2023 | 440 ha | +34.6% |
| 2024 | 554 ha | +25.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Eggplants (aubergines) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +1435.3% | 17 ha | 261 ha |
| 1998 | +280.4% | 107 ha | 407 ha |
| 2011 | -80.0% | 345 ha | 69 ha |
| 2020 | +77.0% | 122 ha | 216 ha |
| 2015 | -75.9% | 261 ha | 63 ha |
| 1982 | +66.7% | 30 ha | 50 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20 ha | 20 ha | 20 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25 ha | 20 ha | 30 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 46 ha | 30 ha | 50 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 204.3 ha | 53 ha | 664 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 659.2 ha | 531 ha | 807 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 114.9 ha | 17 ha | 345 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 355.4 ha | 216 ha | 554 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 8 Philippines 20,564 ha compare
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- 9 Republic of Moldova 920 ha compare
- 9 Sri Lanka 14,383 ha compare
- 10 Sudan 11,621 ha compare
- 11 Italy 10,030 ha compare
- 12 Rwanda 9,578 ha compare
- 12 Polynesia 19 ha compare
- 13 Côte d'Ivoire 23,133 ha compare
- 13 Pakistan 8,459 ha compare
- 13 Micronesia 0 ha
- 14 Uzbekistan 8,427 ha compare
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- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 8.31 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.8374 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -1.73 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Melanesia?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Melanesia was 554 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 807 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17 ha in 2013.
- How does Melanesia rank for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 11th out of 13 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 112.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Melanesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Eggplants (aubergines) — 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.