Raw hides and skins of cattle — Production in Melanesia

Melanesia: Raw hides and skins of cattle — Production was 1,780 t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1,780 t
Change on year
down 4.9%
Rank
15th
of 20 groups
All-time high
2,807 t
in 1990
All-time low
1,023 t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Raw hides and skins of cattle — Production in Melanesia, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Melanesia recorded 1,780 t for raw hides and skins of cattle — production in 2024.

The figure is down 4.9% on the previous year and down 8.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of cattle — production in Melanesia peaked at 2,807 t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,023 t, in 1961.

Melanesia ranks 15th of 20 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Raw hides and skins of cattle — Production in Melanesia, year by year

Annual values for Raw hides and skins of cattle — Production in Melanesia, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 1,023 t
1962 1,077 t +5.3%
1963 1,152 t +7.0%
1964 1,196 t +3.8%
1965 1,209 t +1.1%
1966 1,272 t +5.2%
1967 1,405 t +10.5%
1968 1,593 t +13.3%
1969 1,737 t +9.1%
1970 1,720 t -1.0%
1971 1,908 t +10.9%
1972 1,844 t -3.4%
1973 1,855 t +0.6%
1974 1,835 t -1.0%
1975 1,975 t +7.6%
1976 2,010 t +1.8%
1977 2,073 t +3.1%
1978 2,109 t +1.8%
1979 2,200 t +4.3%
1980 2,258 t +2.6%
1981 2,315 t +2.6%
1982 2,408 t +4.0%
1983 2,382 t -1.1%
1984 2,441 t +2.5%
1985 2,602 t +6.6%
1986 2,569 t -1.3%
1987 2,587 t +0.7%
1988 2,598 t +0.4%
1989 2,597 t -0.0%
1990 2,807 t +8.1%
1991 1,771 t -36.9%
1992 1,757 t -0.8%
1993 1,860 t +5.9%
1994 1,962 t +5.5%
1995 1,875 t -4.4%
1996 1,959 t +4.5%
1997 2,073 t +5.8%
1998 2,034 t -1.8%
1999 2,073 t +1.9%
2000 2,008 t -3.1%
2001 1,972 t -1.8%
2002 1,830 t -7.2%
2003 1,937 t +5.8%
2004 1,897 t -2.1%
2005 1,876 t -1.1%
2006 1,804 t -3.8%
2007 1,797 t -0.4%
2008 1,809 t +0.7%
2009 1,676 t -7.4%
2010 1,907 t +13.7%
2011 1,882 t -1.3%
2012 1,835 t -2.5%
2013 1,898 t +3.4%
2014 1,951 t +2.8%
2015 2,004 t +2.7%
2016 1,677 t -16.3%
2017 1,863 t +11.1%
2018 1,697 t -8.9%
2019 1,620 t -4.5%
2020 1,511 t -6.8%
2021 1,804 t +19.4%
2022 1,719 t -4.8%
2023 1,872 t +8.9%
2024 1,780 t -4.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 1,296 t 1,023 t 1,737 t 9
1970s 1,953 t 1,720 t 2,200 t 10
1980s 2,476 t 2,258 t 2,602 t 10
1990s 2,017 t 1,757 t 2,807 t 10
2000s 1,861 t 1,676 t 2,008 t 10
2010s 1,833 t 1,620 t 2,004 t 10
2020s 1,737 t 1,511 t 1,872 t 5

Countries ranked near Melanesia

  1. 12 South Africa 138,247 t compare
  2. 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4,561 t compare
  3. 13 France 137,767 t compare
  4. 14 Germany 135,154 t compare
  5. 15 Uzbekistan 120,214 t compare
  6. 16 Canada 108,473 t compare
  7. 17 Italy 95,505 t compare
  8. 18 Chad 90,173 t compare
  9. 18 Timor-Leste 178.65 t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is raw hides and skins of cattle — production in Melanesia?
Raw hides and skins of cattle — production in Melanesia was 1,780 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest raw hides and skins of cattle — production recorded in Melanesia?
The highest recorded value was 2,807 t in 1990.
What is the lowest raw hides and skins of cattle — production recorded in Melanesia?
The lowest recorded value was 1,023 t in 1961.
How does Melanesia rank for raw hides and skins of cattle — production?
Melanesia ranks 15th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
Is raw hides and skins of cattle — production rising or falling in Melanesia?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Melanesia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw hides and skins of cattle — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Raw hides and skins of cattle — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
239 places, 13,630 data points, 1961–2024
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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.