Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Melanesia
Melanesia: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 267,146 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — area harvested in Melanesia is 267,146 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Melanesia peaked at 267,146 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 76,464 ha, in 1961.
Melanesia ranks 10th of 20 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 76,464 ha | — |
| 1962 | 78,322 ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 79,306 ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 81,292 ha | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 82,734 ha | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 85,904 ha | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 87,069 ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 90,401 ha | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 91,980 ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 96,211 ha | +4.6% |
| 1971 | 98,496 ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 101,914 ha | +3.5% |
| 1973 | 101,797 ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 107,559 ha | +5.7% |
| 1975 | 109,019 ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 111,418 ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 111,010 ha | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 112,763 ha | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 113,818 ha | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 114,303 ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 118,160 ha | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 118,958 ha | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 119,551 ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 120,283 ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 122,822 ha | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 125,712 ha | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 127,828 ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 130,570 ha | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 133,044 ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 136,497 ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 139,613 ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 144,085 ha | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 148,070 ha | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 151,410 ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 154,725 ha | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 159,671 ha | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 163,232 ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 167,565 ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 171,207 ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 175,305 ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 180,760 ha | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 185,615 ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 188,066 ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 193,486 ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 198,382 ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 202,884 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 207,851 ha | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 214,747 ha | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 215,368 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 216,192 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 214,936 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 217,256 ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 227,658 ha | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 233,645 ha | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 239,146 ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 240,779 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 238,974 ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 243,661 ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 246,350 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 245,052 ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 247,745 ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 265,373 ha | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 265,502 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 267,146 ha | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83,719 ha | 76,464 ha | 91,980 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 106,400 ha | 96,211 ha | 113,818 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 123,123 ha | 114,303 ha | 133,044 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 153,608 ha | 136,497 ha | 171,207 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 196,246 ha | 175,305 ha | 215,368 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 231,860 ha | 214,936 ha | 246,350 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 258,164 ha | 245,052 ha | 267,146 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.08 million ha compare
- 7 Nigeria 1.93 million ha compare
- 8 Mexico 1.68 million ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 812,217 ha compare
- 9 Spain 1.51 million ha compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 806,021 ha compare
- 10 Philippines 1.32 million ha compare
- 11 Italy 1.13 million ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 264,376 ha compare
- 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 244,197 ha compare
- 12 Thailand 1.05 million ha compare
- 13 Indonesia 932,632 ha compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 216,110 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 8.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -1.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -19.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.4201 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.2146 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 11.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -5.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 21.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -12.17 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Melanesia?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Melanesia was 267,146 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 267,146 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 76,464 ha in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 10th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.