Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Melanesia

Melanesia: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 623,071 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
623,071 ha
Change on year
up 1.1%
Rank
26th
of 41 regions
All-time high
672,671 ha
in 2019
All-time low
346,785 ha
in 1980
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024

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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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 23 Burkina Faso 1.93 million ha compare
  2. 24 South Africa 1.91 million ha compare
  3. 25 Romania 1.77 million ha compare
  4. 26 Chad 1.50 million ha compare
  5. 27 Benin 1.48 million ha compare
  6. 28 Germany 1.36 million ha compare
  7. 29 Senegal 1.36 million ha compare

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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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Indicator
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
233 places, 13,029 data points, 1961–2024
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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.