Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 91,544 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Vanuatu, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Vanuatu stood at 91,544 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Vanuatu peaked at 98,400 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 68,380 ha, in 1961.
That places Vanuatu 94th out of 184 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 Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 68,380 ha | — |
| 1962 | 68,380 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 68,380 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 68,380 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 68,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 68,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 68,580 ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 68,700 ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 68,850 ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 69,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 69,120 ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 69,230 ha | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 69,280 ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 69,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 69,380 ha | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 69,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 69,450 ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 69,500 ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 69,600 ha | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 70,650 ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 70,700 ha | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 70,720 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 70,750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 70,750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 70,800 ha | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 70,850 ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 70,800 ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 70,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 70,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 70,850 ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 70,800 ha | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 72,754 ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 72,684 ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 72,724 ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 72,725 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 72,728 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 73,693 ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 74,679 ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 74,850 ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 75,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 76,300 ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 75,850 ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 75,800 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 76,500 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 97,800 ha | +27.8% |
| 2006 | 98,300 ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 98,400 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 97,800 ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 98,400 ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 98,234 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 98,235 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 94,250 ha | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 94,259 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 94,241 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 94,279 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 94,251 ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 94,242 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 91,225 ha | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 92,066 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 91,776 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 89,447 ha | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 89,876 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 89,725 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 91,544 ha | +2.0% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 91,544 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 192,630 ha, 48% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 91,544 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 79,726 ha, 1.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Vanuatu changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +27.8% | 76,500 ha | 97,800 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68,494 ha | 68,380 ha | 68,850 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 69,326 ha | 69,000 ha | 69,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 70,762 ha | 70,650 ha | 70,850 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 72,849 ha | 70,800 ha | 74,850 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 87,015 ha | 75,000 ha | 98,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 94,528 ha | 91,225 ha | 98,235 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 90,474 ha | 89,447 ha | 91,776 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Vanuatu
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.4326 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.0013 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.4669 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2663 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,054 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Vanuatu?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Vanuatu was 91,544 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 98,400 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 68,380 ha in 1961.
- How does Vanuatu rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Vanuatu ranks 94th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.