Meat, Total — Production in Melanesia
Melanesia: Meat, Total — Production was 601,576 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Total — Production in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, total — production in Melanesia is 601,576 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in Melanesia peaked at 601,576 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 150,463 t, in 1961.
Melanesia ranks 11th of 20 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Total — Production in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150,463 t | — |
| 1962 | 154,468 t | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 157,423 t | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 161,151 t | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 163,884 t | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 169,903 t | +3.7% |
| 1967 | 174,511 t | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 178,601 t | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 185,321 t | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 189,149 t | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 193,399 t | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 196,760 t | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 200,349 t | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 205,890 t | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 210,416 t | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 215,976 t | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 220,821 t | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 224,428 t | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 232,078 t | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 239,357 t | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 246,373 t | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 252,714 t | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 259,633 t | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 265,550 t | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 273,033 t | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 278,713 t | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 284,665 t | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 290,417 t | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 297,132 t | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 305,289 t | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 304,679 t | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 313,632 t | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 323,673 t | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 336,116 t | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 344,998 t | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 353,019 t | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 362,036 t | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 367,335 t | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 374,053 t | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 378,233 t | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 394,363 t | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 409,509 t | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 422,033 t | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 432,913 t | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 441,926 t | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 468,356 t | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 481,881 t | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 492,544 t | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 495,296 t | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 481,852 t | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 509,005 t | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 515,195 t | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 513,665 t | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 526,366 t | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 541,696 t | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 534,655 t | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 558,777 t | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 565,523 t | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 569,652 t | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 566,180 t | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 574,806 t | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 586,986 t | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 590,597 t | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 601,576 t | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 166,192 t | 150,463 t | 185,321 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 208,927 t | 189,149 t | 232,078 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 268,759 t | 239,357 t | 297,132 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 338,483 t | 304,679 t | 374,053 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 441,705 t | 378,233 t | 495,296 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 531,639 t | 481,852 t | 569,652 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 584,029 t | 566,180 t | 601,576 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.13 million t compare
- 8 Spain 7.56 million t compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.10 million t compare
- 9 Australia and New Zealand 7.07 million t compare
- 10 Germany 6.88 million t compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 1.08 million t compare
- 11 Argentina 6.43 million t compare
- 12 Pakistan 5.85 million t compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 418,050 t compare
- 13 Australia 5.58 million t compare
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 344,589 t compare
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 256,277 t compare
- 14 Poland 5.46 million t 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 meat, total — production in Melanesia?
- Meat, total — production in Melanesia was 601,576 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 601,576 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 150,463 t in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for meat, total — production?
- Melanesia ranks 11th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. 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 Meat, Total — 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.