Green corn (maize) — Production in Melanesia
Melanesia: Green corn (maize) — Production was 251,429 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Production in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — production in Melanesia stood at 251,429 t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — production in Melanesia peaked at 251,429 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 61,976 t, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Production in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 61,976 t | — |
| 1962 | 65,000 t | +4.9% |
| 1963 | 70,000 t | +7.7% |
| 1964 | 73,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 75,000 t | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 78,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 80,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 85,000 t | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 82,000 t | -3.5% |
| 1970 | 89,000 t | +8.5% |
| 1971 | 90,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 93,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 95,000 t | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 100,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1975 | 103,000 t | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 105,000 t | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 110,000 t | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 115,000 t | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 120,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 130,000 t | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 135,000 t | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 140,000 t | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 145,000 t | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 150,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 155,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 160,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 165,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 166,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 170,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 175,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 180,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 184,200 t | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 188,200 t | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 194,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 198,000 t | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 204,000 t | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 210,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 215,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 220,000 t | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 225,000 t | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 230,000 t | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 200,000 t | -13.0% |
| 2003 | 210,000 t | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 220,000 t | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 230,000 t | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 220,000 t | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 225,000 t | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 230,000 t | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 235,000 t | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 230,000 t | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 225,000 t | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 231,000 t | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 235,216 t | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 237,235 t | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 238,877 t | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 240,205 t | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 241,315 t | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 242,746 t | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 244,289 t | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 245,658 t | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 248,507 t | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 248,878 t | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 250,154 t | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 251,429 t | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 74,442 t | 61,976 t | 85,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 102,000 t | 89,000 t | 120,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 151,600 t | 130,000 t | 170,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 196,840 t | 175,000 t | 220,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 222,500 t | 200,000 t | 235,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 236,588 t | 225,000 t | 244,289 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 248,925 t | 245,658 t | 251,429 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 1 Mexico 1.07 million t compare
- 2 Croatia 901,590 t compare
- 3 Nigeria 799,511 t compare
- 4 Greece 612,502 t compare
- 5 Indonesia 599,226 t compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 52,419 t compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 26,465 t compare
- 6 Hungary 517,779 t compare
- 7 Peru 467,270 t compare
- 7 Republic of Moldova 4,350 t 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 green corn (maize) — production in Melanesia?
- Green corn (maize) — production in Melanesia was 251,429 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 251,429 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 61,976 t in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for green corn (maize) — production?
- Melanesia ranks 4th out of 9 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — production 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) — 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.