Rice and products — Food supply quantity in Melanesia
Melanesia: Rice and products — Food supply quantity was 61.49 kg/cap in 2023. ▲ Rising
Rice and products — Food supply quantity in Melanesia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2023, rice and products — food supply quantity in Melanesia stood at 61.49 kg/cap. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 95.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice and products — food supply quantity in Melanesia peaked at 61.49 kg/cap in 2023 and was at its lowest, 30.24 kg/cap, in 2014.
Melanesia ranks 8th of 20 countries on this measure, 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 quantity in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 33.86 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 34.23 kg/cap | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 31.8 kg/cap | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 31.41 kg/cap | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 30.24 kg/cap | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 35.81 kg/cap | +18.4% |
| 2016 | 42.4 kg/cap | +18.4% |
| 2017 | 46.83 kg/cap | +10.4% |
| 2018 | 44.08 kg/cap | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 47.61 kg/cap | +8.0% |
| 2020 | 49.05 kg/cap | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 49.72 kg/cap | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 60 kg/cap | +20.7% |
| 2023 | 61.49 kg/cap | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 37.83 kg/cap | 30.24 kg/cap | 47.61 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.06 kg/cap | 49.05 kg/cap | 61.49 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 96.2 kg/cap compare
- 5 Guinea-Bissau 239.42 kg/cap compare
- 6 Comoros 228.68 kg/cap compare
- 6 Cabo Verde 87.13 kg/cap compare
- 7 Philippines 200.38 kg/cap compare
- 8 Sierra Leone 191.66 kg/cap compare
- 9 Indonesia 186.09 kg/cap compare
- 9 Micronesia 54.91 kg/cap compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 54.55 kg/cap compare
- 10 Sri Lanka 184.36 kg/cap compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 48.11 kg/cap compare
- 11 Thailand 172.49 kg/cap compare
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 1.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 3.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -4.17 % 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)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -12.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 11.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 2.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice and products — food supply quantity in Melanesia?
- Rice and products — food supply quantity in Melanesia was 61.49 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice and products — food supply quantity recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 61.49 kg/cap in 2023.
- What is the lowest rice and products — food supply quantity recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.24 kg/cap in 2014.
- How does Melanesia rank for rice and products — food supply quantity?
- Melanesia ranks 8th out of 20 countries with data for 2023.
- Is rice and products — food supply quantity rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 95.8%. 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 Rice and products — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr). 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.