Oil palm fruit — Yield in Melanesia
Melanesia: Oil palm fruit — Yield was 12,036 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oil palm fruit — yield in Melanesia stood at 12,036 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — yield in Melanesia peaked at 18,182 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 12,036 kg/ha, in 2024.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,182 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 18,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 18,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 18,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 18,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 18,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 18,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 18,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 18,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 17,046 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1972 | 16,768 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 16,720 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 16,820 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 15,556 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1976 | 16,277 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 15,219 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1978 | 15,817 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 16,163 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 16,726 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 15,604 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1982 | 15,776 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 16,637 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1984 | 13,691 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1985 | 15,439 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1986 | 13,962 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1987 | 13,026 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1988 | 14,658 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1989 | 14,935 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 14,850 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 16,752 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1992 | 17,709 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 17,858 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 16,631 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1995 | 15,908 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 16,286 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 14,930 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1998 | 16,500 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1999 | 16,316 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 17,222 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 16,286 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 15,091 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 14,674 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 14,894 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 14,948 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 14,902 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 14,811 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 14,666 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 14,594 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 13,790 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 13,955 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 14,205 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 14,096 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 13,880 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 13,789 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 13,319 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 13,169 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 12,964 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 12,445 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 12,423 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 12,502 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 12,403 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 12,184 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 12,036 kg/ha | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,182 kg/ha | 18,182 kg/ha | 18,182 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,457 kg/ha | 15,219 kg/ha | 18,182 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,045 kg/ha | 13,026 kg/ha | 16,726 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,374 kg/ha | 14,850 kg/ha | 17,858 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,209 kg/ha | 14,594 kg/ha | 17,222 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,561 kg/ha | 12,445 kg/ha | 14,205 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,310 kg/ha | 12,036 kg/ha | 12,502 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 1 Malaysia 19,770 kg/ha compare
- 2 Thailand 18,333 kg/ha compare
- 2 United Republic of Tanzania 14,045 kg/ha compare
- 3 Guatemala 18,152 kg/ha compare
- 4 Benin 17,948 kg/ha compare
- 5 Indonesia 16,969 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11,283 kg/ha compare
- 6 Ecuador 16,870 kg/ha compare
- 6 Caribbean 13,797 kg/ha compare
- 7 Costa Rica 16,400 kg/ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,580 kg/ha compare
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- 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 oil palm fruit — yield in Melanesia?
- Oil palm fruit — yield in Melanesia was 12,036 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 18,182 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,036 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Melanesia rank for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Melanesia ranks 4th out of 8 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — yield rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.