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 9th out of 20 countries 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.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 351,107 ha | — |
| 1962 | 355,116 ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 357,400 ha | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 357,600 ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 357,042 ha | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 354,557 ha | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 358,215 ha | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 351,697 ha | -1.8% |
| 1969 | 358,761 ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 353,910 ha | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 355,460 ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 350,578 ha | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 358,368 ha | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 360,320 ha | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 363,130 ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 371,259 ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 371,714 ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 378,094 ha | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 389,836 ha | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 346,785 ha | -11.0% |
| 1981 | 352,135 ha | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 364,398 ha | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 372,352 ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 392,519 ha | +5.4% |
| 1985 | 456,416 ha | +16.3% |
| 1986 | 458,890 ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 449,159 ha | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 461,948 ha | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 470,325 ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 487,458 ha | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 476,425 ha | -2.3% |
| 1992 | 495,226 ha | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 501,167 ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 504,935 ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 509,489 ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 508,670 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 480,576 ha | -5.5% |
| 1998 | 512,402 ha | +6.6% |
| 1999 | 505,482 ha | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 510,660 ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 461,435 ha | -9.6% |
| 2002 | 466,981 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 467,017 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 452,709 ha | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 502,080 ha | +10.9% |
| 2006 | 514,289 ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 581,776 ha | +13.1% |
| 2008 | 561,285 ha | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 565,922 ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 511,544 ha | -9.6% |
| 2011 | 521,676 ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 521,332 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 528,111 ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 538,372 ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 549,020 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 556,266 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 658,241 ha | +18.3% |
| 2018 | 658,276 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 672,671 ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 581,148 ha | -13.6% |
| 2021 | 586,770 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 603,055 ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 616,384 ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 623,071 ha | +1.1% |
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
- 6 Russian Federation 18.44 million ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 1.62 million ha compare
- 7 Indonesia 17.62 million ha compare
- 8 Canada 11.67 million ha compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.10 million ha compare
- 9 Nigeria 10.95 million ha compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 485,796 ha compare
- 10 USSR 9.61 million ha compare
- 11 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 436,486 ha compare
- 11 Ukraine 9.12 million ha compare
- 12 Sudan 5.56 million ha compare
- 12 Viet Nam 381,062 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)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 21.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.8374 % change on previous year (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 9th out of 20 countries 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.