Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Melanesia
Melanesia: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested was 558 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Melanesia stood at 558 ha.
That represents a change of up 830.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Melanesia peaked at 872 ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 30 ha, in 1997.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 750 ha | +7.1% |
| 1965 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 872 ha | +9.0% |
| 1984 | 800 ha | -8.3% |
| 1985 | 700 ha | -12.5% |
| 1986 | 600 ha | -14.3% |
| 1987 | 500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1988 | 400 ha | -20.0% |
| 1989 | 350 ha | -12.5% |
| 1990 | 300 ha | -14.3% |
| 1991 | 286 ha | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 280 ha | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 250 ha | -10.7% |
| 1994 | 290 ha | +16.0% |
| 1995 | 350 ha | +20.7% |
| 1996 | 50 ha | -85.7% |
| 1997 | 30 ha | -40.0% |
| 1998 | 150 ha | +400.0% |
| 1999 | 55 ha | -63.3% |
| 2000 | 110 ha | +100.0% |
| 2001 | 140 ha | +27.3% |
| 2002 | 80 ha | -42.9% |
| 2003 | 30 ha | -62.5% |
| 2004 | 140 ha | +366.7% |
| 2005 | 160 ha | +14.3% |
| 2006 | 230 ha | +43.8% |
| 2007 | 240 ha | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 85 ha | -64.6% |
| 2009 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 67 ha | -21.2% |
| 2011 | 90 ha | +34.3% |
| 2012 | 115 ha | +27.8% |
| 2013 | 90 ha | -21.7% |
| 2014 | 60 ha | -33.3% |
| 2015 | 358 ha | +496.7% |
| 2016 | 269 ha | -24.9% |
| 2017 | 266 ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 288 ha | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 269 ha | -6.6% |
| 2020 | 327 ha | +21.6% |
| 2021 | 392 ha | +19.9% |
| 2022 | 481 ha | +22.7% |
| 2023 | 558 ha | +16.0% |
| 2024 | 558 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 733.33 ha | 700 ha | 750 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 800 ha | 800 ha | 800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 662.2 ha | 350 ha | 872 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 204.1 ha | 30 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 130 ha | 30 ha | 240 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 187.2 ha | 60 ha | 358 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 463.2 ha | 327 ha | 558 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Melanesia?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Melanesia was 558 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 872 ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 30 ha in 1997.
- How does Melanesia rank for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 11th out of 12 groups with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 830.0%. 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 Plantains and cooking bananas — 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.