Palm kernels — Production in Melanesia
Melanesia: Palm kernels — Production was 202,000 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Palm kernels — Production in Melanesia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for palm kernels — production in Melanesia is 202,000 t, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and up 38.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm kernels — production in Melanesia peaked at 209,000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 40 t, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Palm kernels — Production in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 40 t | — |
| 1962 | 40 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 40 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 40 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 40 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 40 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 40 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 40 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 80 t | +100.0% |
| 1970 | 80 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 400 t | +400.0% |
| 1972 | 1,600 t | +300.0% |
| 1973 | 3,100 t | +93.8% |
| 1974 | 3,200 t | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 6,480 t | +102.5% |
| 1976 | 9,858 t | +52.1% |
| 1977 | 10,435 t | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 10,963 t | +5.1% |
| 1979 | 12,258 t | +11.8% |
| 1980 | 12,349 t | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 18,063 t | +46.3% |
| 1982 | 27,603 t | +52.8% |
| 1983 | 29,004 t | +5.1% |
| 1984 | 39,979 t | +37.8% |
| 1985 | 41,177 t | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 42,133 t | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 41,432 t | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 38,172 t | -7.9% |
| 1989 | 44,475 t | +16.5% |
| 1990 | 55,051 t | +23.8% |
| 1991 | 54,992 t | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 63,781 t | +16.0% |
| 1993 | 68,043 t | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 73,183 t | +7.6% |
| 1995 | 55,236 t | -24.5% |
| 1996 | 69,891 t | +26.5% |
| 1997 | 67,022 t | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 70,821 t | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 72,182 t | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 93,000 t | +28.8% |
| 2001 | 91,000 t | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 89,000 t | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 91,000 t | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 97,000 t | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 94,000 t | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 105,000 t | +11.7% |
| 2007 | 109,000 t | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 114,800 t | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 119,000 t | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 133,000 t | +11.8% |
| 2011 | 137,000 t | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 144,000 t | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 146,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 159,000 t | +8.9% |
| 2015 | 158,000 t | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 169,000 t | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 176,000 t | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 179,000 t | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 163,000 t | -8.9% |
| 2020 | 178,000 t | +9.2% |
| 2021 | 198,000 t | +11.2% |
| 2022 | 209,000 t | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 202,000 t | -3.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Palm kernels — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +400.0% | 80 t | 400 t |
| 1972 | +300.0% | 400 t | 1,600 t |
| 1975 | +102.5% | 3,200 t | 6,480 t |
| 1969 | +100.0% | 40 t | 80 t |
| 1973 | +93.8% | 1,600 t | 3,100 t |
| 1982 | +52.8% | 18,063 t | 27,603 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 44.44 t | 40 t | 80 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,837 t | 80 t | 12,258 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,439 t | 12,349 t | 44,475 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 65,020 t | 54,992 t | 73,183 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 100,280 t | 89,000 t | 119,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 156,400 t | 133,000 t | 179,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 196,750 t | 178,000 t | 209,000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 2 Malaysia 4.52 million t compare
- 3 Thailand 726,000 t compare
- 4 Nigeria 375,000 t compare
- 5 Colombia 312,806 t compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 75,000 t compare
- 6 Guatemala 238,337 t compare
- 7 Brazil 195,000 t compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 21,308 t compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 179,000 t compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 7,141 t compare
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- 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)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -5.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 21.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -12.17 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is palm kernels — production in Melanesia?
- Palm kernels — production in Melanesia was 202,000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm kernels — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 209,000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest palm kernels — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 40 t in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for palm kernels — production?
- Melanesia ranks 5th out of 9 countries with data for 2023.
- Is palm kernels — production rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.4%. 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 Palm kernels — Production. 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.