Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Melanesia
Melanesia: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 623,071 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Melanesia stood at 623,071 ha.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Melanesia peaked at 672,671 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 346,785 ha, in 1980.
That places Melanesia 26th out of 41 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 355,722 ha | 351,107 ha | 358,761 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 365,267 ha | 350,578 ha | 389,836 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 412,493 ha | 346,785 ha | 470,325 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 498,183 ha | 476,425 ha | 512,402 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 508,415 ha | 452,709 ha | 581,776 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 571,551 ha | 511,544 ha | 672,671 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 602,086 ha | 581,148 ha | 623,071 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
- Fat of pigs — Production 6,015 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 89,605 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 41 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 2.18 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 532 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 4,250 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 374.22 t (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 2.18 million An (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 2.18 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 504 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Melanesia?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Melanesia was 623,071 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 672,671 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 346,785 ha in 1980.
- How does Melanesia rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 26th out of 41 regions with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.7%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.