Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Melanesia
Melanesia: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 359 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1980–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lemons and limes — area harvested in Melanesia is 359 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 10.5% on the previous year and up 498.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Melanesia peaked at 368 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 15 ha, in 1980.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 15 ha | — |
| 1981 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 40 ha | +166.7% |
| 1983 | 70 ha | +75.0% |
| 1984 | 15 ha | -78.6% |
| 1985 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 27 ha | +80.0% |
| 1993 | 24 ha | -11.1% |
| 1994 | 32 ha | +33.3% |
| 1995 | 52 ha | +62.5% |
| 1996 | 38 ha | -26.9% |
| 1997 | 34 ha | -10.5% |
| 1998 | 48 ha | +41.2% |
| 1999 | 45 ha | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 35 ha | -22.2% |
| 2001 | 31 ha | -11.4% |
| 2002 | 38 ha | +22.6% |
| 2003 | 28 ha | -26.3% |
| 2004 | 40 ha | +42.9% |
| 2005 | 60 ha | +50.0% |
| 2006 | 70 ha | +16.7% |
| 2007 | 80 ha | +14.3% |
| 2008 | 82 ha | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 55 ha | -32.9% |
| 2010 | 65 ha | +18.2% |
| 2011 | 74 ha | +13.8% |
| 2012 | 76 ha | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 55 ha | -27.6% |
| 2014 | 60 ha | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 240 ha | +300.0% |
| 2016 | 368 ha | +53.3% |
| 2017 | 249 ha | -32.3% |
| 2018 | 282 ha | +13.3% |
| 2019 | 276 ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 284 ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 272 ha | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 327 ha | +20.2% |
| 2023 | 325 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 359 ha | +10.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +300.0% | 60 ha | 240 ha |
| 1982 | +166.7% | 15 ha | 40 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 23 ha | 15 ha | 70 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 33 ha | 15 ha | 52 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 51.9 ha | 28 ha | 82 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 174.5 ha | 55 ha | 368 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 313.4 ha | 272 ha | 359 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 11 South Africa 34,289 ha compare
- 11 Polynesia 1,414 ha compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,132 ha compare
- 12 Sudan 32,377 ha compare
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 455 ha compare
- 13 Peru 28,604 ha compare
- 14 Italy 24,690 ha compare
- 15 Egypt 18,849 ha compare
- 15 Caribbean 52,769 ha compare
- 16 Thailand 16,153 ha compare
- 17 Sudan (former) 16,128 ha compare
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- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 11.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 8.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 21.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.8374 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -1.73 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons and limes — area harvested in Melanesia?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Melanesia was 359 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 368 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 15 ha in 1980.
- How does Melanesia rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 14th out of 14 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 498.3%. 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 Lemons and limes — 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.