Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Melanesia
Melanesia: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 25,110 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 25,110 ha for green corn (maize) — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Melanesia peaked at 25,110 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,192 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,192 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,500 ha | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 7,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1964 | 7,300 ha | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 7,500 ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 7,800 ha | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 8,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 8,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 8,200 ha | -3.5% |
| 1970 | 8,900 ha | +8.5% |
| 1971 | 9,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 9,300 ha | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 9,500 ha | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 10,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1975 | 10,300 ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 10,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 11,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 11,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 12,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 13,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 14,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 14,500 ha | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 15,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 15,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 16,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 16,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 16,600 ha | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 17,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 17,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 18,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 18,400 ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 18,800 ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 19,400 ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 19,800 ha | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 20,400 ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 21,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 21,500 ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 22,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 22,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 23,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 20,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 2003 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 22,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 22,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 23,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 23,500 ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 23,000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 22,500 ha | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 23,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 23,458 ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 23,691 ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 23,853 ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 23,987 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 24,098 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 24,240 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 24,394 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 24,532 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 24,817 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 24,856 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 24,983 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 25,110 ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,444 ha | 6,192 ha | 8,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,200 ha | 8,900 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,160 ha | 13,000 ha | 17,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,680 ha | 17,500 ha | 22,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,250 ha | 20,000 ha | 23,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,622 ha | 22,500 ha | 24,394 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,860 ha | 24,532 ha | 25,110 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 1 Nigeria 201,276 ha compare
- 2 Guinea 141,002 ha compare
- 3 Indonesia 111,363 ha compare
- 4 Mexico 70,414 ha compare
- 5 Peru 45,230 ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 14,328 ha compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 9,469 ha compare
- 6 South Africa 38,975 ha compare
- 7 Republic of Moldova 599 ha compare
- 7 Thailand 37,109 ha compare
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- 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 green corn (maize) — area harvested in Melanesia?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Melanesia was 25,110 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 25,110 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,192 ha in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 4th out of 9 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. 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 Green corn (maize) — 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.