Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Melanesia
Melanesia: Ginger, raw — Area harvested was 789 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ginger, raw — area harvested in Melanesia is 789 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 23.7% on the previous year and up 390.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ginger, raw — area harvested in Melanesia peaked at 789 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10 ha | +42.9% |
| 1963 | 17 ha | +70.0% |
| 1964 | 11 ha | -35.3% |
| 1965 | 11 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 15 ha | +36.4% |
| 1967 | 17 ha | +13.3% |
| 1968 | 38 ha | +123.5% |
| 1969 | 38 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 38 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 19 ha | -50.0% |
| 1972 | 19 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 19 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 34 ha | +78.9% |
| 1975 | 33 ha | -2.9% |
| 1976 | 41 ha | +24.2% |
| 1977 | 60 ha | +46.3% |
| 1978 | 80 ha | +33.3% |
| 1979 | 84 ha | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 78 ha | -7.1% |
| 1981 | 134 ha | +71.8% |
| 1982 | 127 ha | -5.2% |
| 1983 | 125 ha | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 123 ha | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 133 ha | +8.1% |
| 1986 | 156 ha | +17.3% |
| 1987 | 134 ha | -14.1% |
| 1988 | 135 ha | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 141 ha | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 169 ha | +19.9% |
| 1991 | 199 ha | +17.8% |
| 1992 | 149 ha | -25.1% |
| 1993 | 69 ha | -53.7% |
| 1994 | 43 ha | -37.7% |
| 1995 | 58 ha | +34.9% |
| 1996 | 65 ha | +12.1% |
| 1997 | 73 ha | +12.3% |
| 1998 | 95 ha | +30.1% |
| 1999 | 71 ha | -25.3% |
| 2000 | 98 ha | +38.0% |
| 2001 | 40 ha | -59.2% |
| 2002 | 100 ha | +150.0% |
| 2003 | 89 ha | -11.0% |
| 2004 | 105 ha | +18.0% |
| 2005 | 104 ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 92 ha | -11.5% |
| 2007 | 89 ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 70 ha | -21.3% |
| 2009 | 63 ha | -10.0% |
| 2010 | 69 ha | +9.5% |
| 2011 | 78 ha | +13.0% |
| 2012 | 96 ha | +23.1% |
| 2013 | 171 ha | +78.1% |
| 2014 | 161 ha | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 244 ha | +51.6% |
| 2016 | 262 ha | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 303 ha | +15.6% |
| 2018 | 395 ha | +30.4% |
| 2019 | 313 ha | -20.8% |
| 2020 | 456 ha | +45.7% |
| 2021 | 553 ha | +21.3% |
| 2022 | 570 ha | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 638 ha | +11.9% |
| 2024 | 789 ha | +23.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ginger, raw — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +150.0% | 40 ha | 100 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.22 ha | 7 ha | 38 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 42.7 ha | 19 ha | 84 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 128.6 ha | 78 ha | 156 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 99.1 ha | 43 ha | 199 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 85 ha | 40 ha | 105 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 209.2 ha | 69 ha | 395 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 601.2 ha | 456 ha | 789 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is ginger, raw — area harvested in Melanesia?
- Ginger, raw — area harvested in Melanesia was 789 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ginger, raw — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 789 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest ginger, raw — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 ha in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for ginger, raw — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 6th out of 7 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ginger, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 390.1%. 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 Ginger, raw — 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.