Fish, Seafood — Food supply in Melanesia
Melanesia: Fish, Seafood — Food supply was 22.89 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fish, Seafood — Food supply in Melanesia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fish, seafood — food supply in Melanesia is 22.89 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 38.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fish, seafood — food supply in Melanesia peaked at 39.74 kcal/cap/d in 2016 and was at its lowest, 22.89 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
Melanesia ranks 12th of 20 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Fish, Seafood — Food supply in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 39.25 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 38.79 kcal/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 38.21 kcal/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 37.41 kcal/cap/d | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 38.29 kcal/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 38.61 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 39.74 kcal/cap/d | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 38.19 kcal/cap/d | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 38.15 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 35.35 kcal/cap/d | -7.3% |
| 2020 | 30.64 kcal/cap/d | -13.3% |
| 2021 | 23.71 kcal/cap/d | -22.6% |
| 2022 | 23.29 kcal/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 22.89 kcal/cap/d | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 38.2 kcal/cap/d | 35.35 kcal/cap/d | 39.74 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.13 kcal/cap/d | 22.89 kcal/cap/d | 30.64 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 9 French Polynesia 92.79 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 23.47 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Republic of Korea 92.61 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 22.94 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Malaysia 90.66 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Cambodia 90.41 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Myanmar 87.81 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 China, Macao SAR 86.7 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 16.41 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Marshall Islands 86.19 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 14.42 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -12.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 2.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 11.18 % 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)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.3012 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fish, seafood — food supply in Melanesia?
- Fish, seafood — food supply in Melanesia was 22.89 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fish, seafood — food supply recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 39.74 kcal/cap/d in 2016.
- What is the lowest fish, seafood — food supply recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.89 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Melanesia rank for fish, seafood — food supply?
- Melanesia ranks 12th out of 20 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fish, seafood — food supply rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Melanesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fish, Seafood — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.