Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Melanesia
Melanesia: Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield was 584.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 584.1 kg/ha for natural rubber in primary forms — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Melanesia peaked at 627.4 kg/ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 470.8 kg/ha, in 1973.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 478.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 497.4 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 531.4 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1964 | 513.1 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1965 | 548.5 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1966 | 582.1 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1967 | 520.6 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1968 | 524.6 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 551 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 475.1 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1971 | 522.1 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1972 | 475 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1973 | 470.8 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 518.3 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1975 | 514.4 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 571 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1977 | 506.9 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1978 | 500 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 501.2 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 507 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 504.8 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 494.4 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 505.7 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 499.3 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 627.4 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1986 | 510.5 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1987 | 512.3 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 546.8 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 515.5 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1990 | 503.6 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 504 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 502.2 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 505 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 502.3 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 500.8 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 509.9 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 529 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 500 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1999 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 600 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2008 | 564.3 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 555.6 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 550.9 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 558 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 566.1 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 575.9 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 568 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 569.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 571.6 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 573.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 575.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 577.7 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 578.1 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 580.2 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 580.6 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 582.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 584.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +25.7% | 499.3 kg/ha | 627.4 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 527.49 kg/ha | 478.7 kg/ha | 582.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 505.48 kg/ha | 470.8 kg/ha | 571 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 522.37 kg/ha | 494.4 kg/ha | 627.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 505.68 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 529 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 521.99 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 568.69 kg/ha | 550.9 kg/ha | 577.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 581.08 kg/ha | 578.1 kg/ha | 584.1 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 5 Gabon 1,578 kg/ha compare
- 6 Ecuador 1,525 kg/ha compare
- 7 Guatemala 1,344 kg/ha compare
- 8 Thailand 1,332 kg/ha compare
- 9 Brazil 1,317 kg/ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 228.4 kg/ha compare
- 10 Guinea 1,277 kg/ha compare
- 10 Caribbean 1,176 kg/ha compare
- 11 Central African Republic 1,265 kg/ha 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 natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Melanesia?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Melanesia was 584.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 627.4 kg/ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 470.8 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Melanesia rank for natural rubber in primary forms — yield?
- Melanesia ranks 8th out of 9 countries with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — yield rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. 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 Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.