Lemons and limes — Production in Melanesia
Melanesia: Lemons and limes — Production was 1,896 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Production in Melanesia, 1980–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, lemons and limes — production in Melanesia stood at 1,896 t. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
The figure is up 6.8% on the previous year and up 877.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — production in Melanesia peaked at 1,896 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30 t, in 1980.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lemons and limes — Production in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 30 t | — |
| 1981 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 80 t | +166.7% |
| 1983 | 150 t | +87.5% |
| 1984 | 30 t | -80.0% |
| 1985 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 31 t | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 59 t | +90.3% |
| 1992 | 101 t | +71.2% |
| 1993 | 86 t | -14.9% |
| 1994 | 113.49 t | +32.0% |
| 1995 | 187 t | +64.8% |
| 1996 | 134.5 t | -28.1% |
| 1997 | 117 t | -13.0% |
| 1998 | 163.7 t | +39.9% |
| 1999 | 153 t | -6.5% |
| 2000 | 118.95 t | -22.3% |
| 2001 | 101 t | -15.1% |
| 2002 | 124 t | +22.8% |
| 2003 | 89 t | -28.2% |
| 2004 | 122 t | +37.1% |
| 2005 | 180 t | +47.5% |
| 2006 | 222 t | +23.3% |
| 2007 | 256 t | +15.3% |
| 2008 | 261.8 t | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 175.8 t | -32.8% |
| 2010 | 207.2 t | +17.9% |
| 2011 | 237.7 t | +14.7% |
| 2012 | 244 t | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 179 t | -26.6% |
| 2014 | 194 t | +8.4% |
| 2015 | 786 t | +305.2% |
| 2016 | 1,216 t | +54.7% |
| 2017 | 828 t | -31.9% |
| 2018 | 939 t | +13.4% |
| 2019 | 924 t | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 955 t | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 921.9 t | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 1,772 t | +92.2% |
| 2023 | 1,774 t | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,896 t | +6.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +305.2% | 194 t | 786 t |
| 1982 | +166.7% | 30 t | 80 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 47 t | 30 t | 150 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 114.57 t | 31 t | 187 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 165.06 t | 89 t | 261.8 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 575.49 t | 179 t | 1,216 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,464 t | 921.9 t | 1,896 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 8,000 t compare
- 11 Peru 419,068 t compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,887 t compare
- 12 Sudan 415,369 t compare
- 13 Egypt 381,921 t compare
- 13 Polynesia 2,815 t compare
- 14 Chile 280,988 t compare
- 15 Sudan (former) 229,000 t compare
- 16 Thailand 168,398 t compare
- 17 Kenya 135,248 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
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- 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 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 — production in Melanesia?
- Lemons and limes — production in Melanesia was 1,896 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,896 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 30 t in 1980.
- How does Melanesia rank for lemons and limes — production?
- Melanesia ranks 14th out of 14 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — production rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 877.2%. 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 — 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.