Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Melanesia
Melanesia: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 5,259 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Melanesia stood at 5,259 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.0% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Melanesia peaked at 5,530 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,582 ha, in 1966.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,880 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,749 ha | -7.0% |
| 1963 | 1,710 ha | -2.2% |
| 1964 | 1,736 ha | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 1,662 ha | -4.3% |
| 1966 | 1,582 ha | -4.8% |
| 1967 | 2,215 ha | +40.0% |
| 1968 | 2,921 ha | +31.9% |
| 1969 | 2,171 ha | -25.7% |
| 1970 | 2,022 ha | -6.9% |
| 1971 | 1,746 ha | -13.6% |
| 1972 | 1,762 ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 1,878 ha | +6.6% |
| 1974 | 1,639 ha | -12.7% |
| 1975 | 1,663 ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 1,916 ha | +15.2% |
| 1977 | 2,001 ha | +4.4% |
| 1978 | 2,995 ha | +49.7% |
| 1979 | 2,599 ha | -13.2% |
| 1980 | 2,816 ha | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 3,239 ha | +15.0% |
| 1982 | 3,359 ha | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 3,338 ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 3,156 ha | -5.5% |
| 1985 | 2,669 ha | -15.4% |
| 1986 | 2,758 ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 3,013 ha | +9.2% |
| 1988 | 3,328 ha | +10.5% |
| 1989 | 3,219 ha | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 3,738 ha | +16.1% |
| 1991 | 3,088 ha | -17.4% |
| 1992 | 3,143 ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 3,351 ha | +6.6% |
| 1994 | 3,487 ha | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 3,504 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 3,948 ha | +12.7% |
| 1997 | 3,190 ha | -19.2% |
| 1998 | 3,468 ha | +8.7% |
| 1999 | 3,540 ha | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 4,452 ha | +25.8% |
| 2001 | 4,339 ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 4,385 ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 4,762 ha | +8.6% |
| 2004 | 4,041 ha | -15.1% |
| 2005 | 4,924 ha | +21.9% |
| 2006 | 4,490 ha | -8.8% |
| 2007 | 4,710 ha | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 5,110 ha | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 4,539 ha | -11.2% |
| 2010 | 4,962 ha | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 4,557 ha | -8.2% |
| 2012 | 4,490 ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 5,113 ha | +13.9% |
| 2014 | 4,969 ha | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 4,950 ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 5,105 ha | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 5,136 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 5,300 ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 5,305 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 5,530 ha | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 5,107 ha | -7.6% |
| 2022 | 4,636 ha | -9.2% |
| 2023 | 4,575 ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 5,259 ha | +15.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,958 ha | 1,582 ha | 2,921 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,022 ha | 1,639 ha | 2,995 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,090 ha | 2,669 ha | 3,359 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,446 ha | 3,088 ha | 3,948 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,575 ha | 4,041 ha | 5,110 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,989 ha | 4,490 ha | 5,305 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,021 ha | 4,575 ha | 5,530 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 14 Indonesia 2.55 million ha compare
- 14 Syrian Arab Republic 56,314 ha compare
- 15 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 40,479 ha compare
- 15 Philippines 2.46 million ha compare
- 16 Kenya 2.41 million ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 33,919 ha compare
- 17 Russian Federation 2.39 million ha compare
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 63 ha compare
- 18 Uganda 2.30 million ha compare
- 18 Micronesia 63 ha compare
- 19 Yugoslav SFR 2.17 million ha compare
- 20 Romania 2.11 million ha 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 maize (corn) — area harvested in Melanesia?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Melanesia was 5,259 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 5,530 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,582 ha in 1966.
- How does Melanesia rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 17th out of 19 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.