Goats — Stocks in Melanesia
Melanesia: Goats — Stocks was 298,799 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Goats — Stocks in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 298,799 An for goats — stocks in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goats — stocks in Melanesia peaked at 337,100 An in 2004 and was at its lowest, 112,200 An, in 1978.
That places Melanesia 15th out of 20 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Goats — Stocks in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 210,800 An | — |
| 1962 | 210,300 An | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 222,850 An | +6.0% |
| 1964 | 217,800 An | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 221,150 An | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 209,100 An | -5.4% |
| 1967 | 171,950 An | -17.8% |
| 1968 | 193,650 An | +12.6% |
| 1969 | 196,070 An | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 169,100 An | -13.8% |
| 1971 | 175,346 An | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 166,920 An | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 162,050 An | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 164,250 An | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 150,400 An | -8.4% |
| 1976 | 135,930 An | -9.6% |
| 1977 | 132,050 An | -2.9% |
| 1978 | 112,200 An | -15.0% |
| 1979 | 119,350 An | +6.4% |
| 1980 | 130,500 An | +9.3% |
| 1981 | 176,800 An | +35.5% |
| 1982 | 184,950 An | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 202,664 An | +9.6% |
| 1984 | 215,684 An | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 222,249 An | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 224,250 An | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 221,834 An | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 209,550 An | -5.5% |
| 1989 | 209,650 An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 199,650 An | -4.8% |
| 1991 | 204,748 An | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 217,985 An | +6.5% |
| 1993 | 227,800 An | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 233,150 An | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 239,150 An | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 233,179 An | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 255,275 An | +9.5% |
| 1998 | 259,200 An | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 261,370 An | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 265,231 An | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 269,149 An | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 273,530 An | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 235,600 An | -13.9% |
| 2004 | 337,100 An | +43.1% |
| 2005 | 266,958 An | -20.8% |
| 2006 | 274,894 An | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 274,828 An | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 276,116 An | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 275,550 An | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 275,287 An | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 274,926 An | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 274,112 An | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 274,328 An | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 274,399 An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 280,578 An | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 281,733 An | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 285,625 An | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 286,367 An | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 289,526 An | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 291,883 An | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 292,654 An | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 291,360 An | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 291,657 An | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 298,799 An | +2.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Goats — Stocks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +43.1% | 235,600 An | 337,100 An |
| 1981 | +35.5% | 130,500 An | 176,800 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 205,963 An | 171,950 An | 222,850 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 148,760 An | 112,200 An | 175,346 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 199,813 An | 130,500 An | 224,250 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 233,151 An | 199,650 An | 261,370 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 274,896 An | 235,600 An | 337,100 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 279,688 An | 274,112 An | 289,526 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 293,271 An | 291,360 An | 298,799 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 12 Bangladesh 27.12 million An compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 2.08 million An compare
- 13 Mongolia 22.92 million An compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.34 million An compare
- 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 843,000 An compare
- 14 Niger 22.03 million An compare
- 15 Indonesia 18.85 million An compare
- 16 Ethiopia PDR 18.10 million An compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 145,192 An compare
- 17 Republic of Moldova 138,130 An compare
- 17 Uganda 17.40 million An compare
- 18 South Sudan 15.67 million An compare
- 18 Polynesia 34,544 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.8374 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -12.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.3606 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.6376 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7614 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.0116 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goats — stocks in Melanesia?
- Goats — stocks in Melanesia was 298,799 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest goats — stocks recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 337,100 An in 2004.
- What is the lowest goats — stocks recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 112,200 An in 1978.
- How does Melanesia rank for goats — stocks?
- Melanesia ranks 15th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is goats — stocks rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. 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 Goats — Stocks. 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.