Pelagic Fish — Food supply in Melanesia
Melanesia: Pelagic Fish — Food supply was 17.88 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Pelagic Fish — Food supply in Melanesia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 17.88 kcal/cap/d for pelagic fish — food supply in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and down 35.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pelagic fish — food supply in Melanesia peaked at 32.87 kcal/cap/d in 2016 and was at its lowest, 17.88 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Melanesia 4th out of 20 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Pelagic Fish — Food supply in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 31.66 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 29.28 kcal/cap/d | -7.5% |
| 2012 | 28.13 kcal/cap/d | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 27.6 kcal/cap/d | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 28.52 kcal/cap/d | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 29.06 kcal/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 32.87 kcal/cap/d | +13.1% |
| 2017 | 30.89 kcal/cap/d | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 31.61 kcal/cap/d | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 29.19 kcal/cap/d | -7.7% |
| 2020 | 25.23 kcal/cap/d | -13.6% |
| 2021 | 18.52 kcal/cap/d | -26.6% |
| 2022 | 18.19 kcal/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 17.88 kcal/cap/d | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 29.88 kcal/cap/d | 27.6 kcal/cap/d | 32.87 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.95 kcal/cap/d | 17.88 kcal/cap/d | 25.23 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 1 Micronesia 80.44 kcal/cap/d compare
- 1 Maldives 143.64 kcal/cap/d compare
- 1 Côte d'Ivoire 28.38 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Iceland 112.63 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Polynesia 71.11 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Micronesia (Federated States of) 65.52 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Kiribati 108.37 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Samoa 98.58 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Republic of Moldova 16.13 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Barbados 72.44 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Seychelles 66.45 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 French Polynesia 61.39 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11.15 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.3012 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pelagic fish — food supply in Melanesia?
- Pelagic fish — food supply in Melanesia was 17.88 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pelagic fish — food supply recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 32.87 kcal/cap/d in 2016.
- What is the lowest pelagic fish — food supply recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.88 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Melanesia rank for pelagic fish — food supply?
- Melanesia ranks 4th out of 20 countries with data for 2023.
- Is pelagic fish — food supply rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Melanesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pelagic Fish — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.