Rice and products — Food supply in Melanesia
Melanesia: Rice and products — Food supply was 322.55 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Rice and products — Food supply in Melanesia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice and products — food supply in Melanesia is 322.55 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 76.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice and products — food supply in Melanesia peaked at 322.55 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 173.32 kcal/cap/d, in 2014.
That places Melanesia 10th out of 20 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Rice and products — Food supply in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 190.31 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 190.89 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 184.3 kcal/cap/d | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 182.93 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 173.32 kcal/cap/d | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 197.95 kcal/cap/d | +14.2% |
| 2016 | 219.01 kcal/cap/d | +10.6% |
| 2017 | 236.71 kcal/cap/d | +8.1% |
| 2018 | 229.16 kcal/cap/d | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 258.67 kcal/cap/d | +12.9% |
| 2020 | 271.27 kcal/cap/d | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 289.07 kcal/cap/d | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 315.84 kcal/cap/d | +9.3% |
| 2023 | 322.55 kcal/cap/d | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 206.32 kcal/cap/d | 173.32 kcal/cap/d | 258.67 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 299.68 kcal/cap/d | 271.27 kcal/cap/d | 322.55 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 7 Thailand 1,157 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Micronesia 434.88 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Madagascar 1,145 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 360.43 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Sierra Leone 1,138 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Guinea-Bissau 1,134 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Indonesia 1,130 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 298.82 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Liberia 1,072 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Polynesia 289.27 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Guinea 966.07 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 271.6 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -12.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -0.008 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -4.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 1.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -0.0124 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 10.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -4.17 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice and products — food supply in Melanesia?
- Rice and products — food supply in Melanesia was 322.55 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice and products — food supply recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 322.55 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest rice and products — food supply recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 173.32 kcal/cap/d in 2014.
- How does Melanesia rank for rice and products — food supply?
- Melanesia ranks 10th out of 20 countries with data for 2023.
- Is rice and products — food supply rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.3%. 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 Rice and products — 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.