Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Melanesia
Melanesia: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 309,937 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oil palm fruit — area harvested in Melanesia is 309,937 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 68.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Melanesia peaked at 312,414 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 55 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 55 ha | — |
| 1962 | 55 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 55 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 55 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 55 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 55 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 55 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 55 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 110 ha | +100.0% |
| 1970 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 440 ha | +300.0% |
| 1972 | 1,640 ha | +272.7% |
| 1973 | 3,140 ha | +91.5% |
| 1974 | 3,270 ha | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 7,200 ha | +120.2% |
| 1976 | 10,519 ha | +46.1% |
| 1977 | 11,964 ha | +13.7% |
| 1978 | 12,494 ha | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 14,286 ha | +14.3% |
| 1980 | 14,335 ha | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 18,835 ha | +31.4% |
| 1982 | 28,332 ha | +50.4% |
| 1983 | 29,332 ha | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 41,530 ha | +41.6% |
| 1985 | 42,296 ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 44,918 ha | +6.2% |
| 1987 | 45,590 ha | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 38,809 ha | -14.9% |
| 1989 | 45,486 ha | +17.2% |
| 1990 | 51,019 ha | +12.2% |
| 1991 | 52,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 58,000 ha | +11.5% |
| 1993 | 63,000 ha | +8.6% |
| 1994 | 67,000 ha | +6.3% |
| 1995 | 70,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 70,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 71,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 72,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 76,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 81,000 ha | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 84,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 88,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 92,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 94,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 97,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 102,000 ha | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 106,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 128,000 ha | +20.8% |
| 2009 | 131,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 148,000 ha | +13.0% |
| 2011 | 157,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 161,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 166,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 184,016 ha | +10.9% |
| 2015 | 200,552 ha | +9.0% |
| 2016 | 212,482 ha | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 216,413 ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 223,702 ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 240,123 ha | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 258,276 ha | +7.6% |
| 2021 | 276,535 ha | +7.1% |
| 2022 | 295,898 ha | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 312,414 ha | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 309,937 ha | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61.11 ha | 55 ha | 110 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,506 ha | 110 ha | 14,286 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 34,946 ha | 14,335 ha | 45,590 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 65,002 ha | 51,019 ha | 76,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 100,300 ha | 81,000 ha | 131,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 190,929 ha | 148,000 ha | 240,123 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 290,612 ha | 258,276 ha | 312,414 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit — area harvested in Melanesia?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Melanesia was 309,937 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 312,414 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 55 ha in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 5th out of 8 regions with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 68.4%. 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 Oil palm fruit — 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.