Oranges — Area harvested in Melanesia
Melanesia: Oranges — Area harvested was 321 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oranges — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 321 ha for oranges — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 50.7% on the previous year and up 80.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Melanesia peaked at 321 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8 ha, in 1964.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oranges — Area harvested in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10 ha | — |
| 1962 | 25 ha | +150.0% |
| 1963 | 40 ha | +60.0% |
| 1964 | 8 ha | -80.0% |
| 1965 | 18 ha | +125.0% |
| 1966 | 10 ha | -44.4% |
| 1967 | 20 ha | +100.0% |
| 1968 | 25 ha | +25.0% |
| 1969 | 10 ha | -60.0% |
| 1970 | 20 ha | +100.0% |
| 1971 | 30 ha | +50.0% |
| 1972 | 15 ha | -50.0% |
| 1973 | 20 ha | +33.3% |
| 1974 | 10 ha | -50.0% |
| 1975 | 40 ha | +300.0% |
| 1976 | 30 ha | -25.0% |
| 1977 | 8 ha | -73.3% |
| 1978 | 25 ha | +212.5% |
| 1979 | 15 ha | -40.0% |
| 1980 | 10 ha | -33.3% |
| 1981 | 30 ha | +200.0% |
| 1982 | 20 ha | -33.3% |
| 1983 | 10 ha | -50.0% |
| 1984 | 35 ha | +250.0% |
| 1985 | 70 ha | +100.0% |
| 1986 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 76 ha | +8.6% |
| 1991 | 84 ha | +10.5% |
| 1992 | 89 ha | +6.0% |
| 1993 | 104 ha | +16.9% |
| 1994 | 128 ha | +23.1% |
| 1995 | 124 ha | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 128 ha | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 150 ha | +17.2% |
| 1998 | 204 ha | +36.0% |
| 1999 | 213 ha | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 201 ha | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 174 ha | -13.4% |
| 2002 | 156 ha | -10.3% |
| 2003 | 63 ha | -59.6% |
| 2004 | 145 ha | +130.2% |
| 2005 | 188 ha | +29.7% |
| 2006 | 145 ha | -22.9% |
| 2007 | 171 ha | +17.9% |
| 2008 | 138 ha | -19.3% |
| 2009 | 106 ha | -23.2% |
| 2010 | 130 ha | +22.6% |
| 2011 | 134 ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 147 ha | +9.7% |
| 2013 | 155 ha | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 178 ha | +14.8% |
| 2015 | 219 ha | +23.0% |
| 2016 | 118 ha | -46.1% |
| 2017 | 131 ha | +11.0% |
| 2018 | 156 ha | +19.1% |
| 2019 | 184 ha | +17.9% |
| 2020 | 193 ha | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 169 ha | -12.4% |
| 2022 | 198 ha | +17.2% |
| 2023 | 213 ha | +7.6% |
| 2024 | 321 ha | +50.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — Area harvested in Melanesia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +300.0% | 10 ha | 40 ha |
| 1984 | +250.0% | 10 ha | 35 ha |
| 1978 | +212.5% | 8 ha | 25 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.44 ha | 8 ha | 40 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21.3 ha | 8 ha | 40 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 45.5 ha | 10 ha | 70 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 130 ha | 76 ha | 213 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 148.7 ha | 63 ha | 201 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 155.2 ha | 118 ha | 219 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 218.8 ha | 169 ha | 321 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 11 Algeria 49,464 ha compare
- 12 Colombia 46,827 ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10,636 ha compare
- 13 Argentina 46,654 ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5,021 ha compare
- 14 Morocco 45,051 ha compare
- 15 South Africa 36,403 ha compare
- 15 Polynesia 286 ha compare
- 16 Peru 33,349 ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 225 ha compare
- 17 Mali 30,148 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.8374 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -12.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.3606 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.6376 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7614 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.0116 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oranges — area harvested in Melanesia?
- Oranges — area harvested in Melanesia was 321 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 321 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 ha in 1964.
- How does Melanesia rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 14th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Melanesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oranges — 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.