Ginger, raw — Production in Melanesia
Melanesia: Ginger, raw — Production was 19,718 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Ginger, raw — Production in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ginger, raw — production in Melanesia is 19,718 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 23.5% on the previous year and up 255.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ginger, raw — production in Melanesia peaked at 19,718 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 60 t, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Ginger, raw — Production in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60 t | — |
| 1962 | 70 t | +16.7% |
| 1963 | 150 t | +114.3% |
| 1964 | 100 t | -33.3% |
| 1965 | 100 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 130 t | +30.0% |
| 1967 | 150 t | +15.4% |
| 1968 | 340 t | +126.7% |
| 1969 | 340 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 340 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 170 t | -50.0% |
| 1972 | 170 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 240 t | +41.2% |
| 1974 | 300 t | +25.0% |
| 1975 | 290 t | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 360 t | +24.1% |
| 1977 | 531 t | +47.5% |
| 1978 | 518 t | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 496 t | -4.2% |
| 1980 | 453 t | -8.7% |
| 1981 | 556 t | +22.7% |
| 1982 | 905 t | +62.8% |
| 1983 | 766 t | -15.4% |
| 1984 | 3,900 t | +409.1% |
| 1985 | 4,300 t | +10.3% |
| 1986 | 5,000 t | +16.3% |
| 1987 | 4,500 t | -10.0% |
| 1988 | 4,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,288 t | +17.5% |
| 1990 | 5,561 t | +5.2% |
| 1991 | 6,427 t | +15.6% |
| 1992 | 4,632 t | -27.9% |
| 1993 | 2,906 t | -37.3% |
| 1994 | 1,095 t | -62.3% |
| 1995 | 2,220 t | +102.7% |
| 1996 | 2,404 t | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 2,683 t | +11.6% |
| 1998 | 3,500 t | +30.5% |
| 1999 | 2,608 t | -25.5% |
| 2000 | 3,622 t | +38.9% |
| 2001 | 1,437 t | -60.3% |
| 2002 | 3,710 t | +158.2% |
| 2003 | 3,290 t | -11.3% |
| 2004 | 3,680 t | +11.9% |
| 2005 | 3,652 t | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 3,210 t | -12.1% |
| 2007 | 3,111 t | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 2,448 t | -21.3% |
| 2009 | 2,208 t | -9.8% |
| 2010 | 2,319 t | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 2,591 t | +11.7% |
| 2012 | 3,331 t | +28.6% |
| 2013 | 5,908 t | +77.4% |
| 2014 | 5,553 t | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 6,109 t | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 6,548 t | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 7,585 t | +15.8% |
| 2018 | 9,894 t | +30.4% |
| 2019 | 9,398 t | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 11,409 t | +21.4% |
| 2021 | 13,815 t | +21.1% |
| 2022 | 14,467 t | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 15,961 t | +10.3% |
| 2024 | 19,718 t | +23.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ginger, raw — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +409.1% | 766 t | 3,900 t |
| 2002 | +158.2% | 1,437 t | 3,710 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 160 t | 60 t | 340 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 341.5 t | 170 t | 531 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,017 t | 453 t | 5,288 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,404 t | 1,095 t | 6,427 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,037 t | 1,437 t | 3,710 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,924 t | 2,319 t | 9,894 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,074 t | 11,409 t | 19,718 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
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- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 11.86 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is ginger, raw — production in Melanesia?
- Ginger, raw — production in Melanesia was 19,718 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ginger, raw — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 19,718 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest ginger, raw — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 60 t in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for ginger, raw — production?
- Melanesia ranks 5th out of 7 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ginger, raw — production rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 255.1%. 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 — Production. 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.