Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Melanesia
Melanesia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 279,372 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Melanesia is 279,372 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Melanesia peaked at 280,504 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 141,266 ha, in 1961.
That places Melanesia 9th out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 141,266 ha | — |
| 1962 | 143,373 ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 144,425 ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 146,813 ha | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 149,312 ha | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 150,089 ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 151,347 ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 155,402 ha | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 158,262 ha | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 160,166 ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 157,392 ha | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 158,308 ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 158,819 ha | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 165,292 ha | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 168,940 ha | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 169,711 ha | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 172,459 ha | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 172,638 ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 172,668 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 175,866 ha | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 179,023 ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 180,327 ha | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 185,270 ha | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 189,325 ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 191,580 ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 193,174 ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 193,022 ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 195,402 ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 196,663 ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 212,267 ha | +7.9% |
| 1991 | 197,063 ha | -7.2% |
| 1992 | 195,729 ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 196,788 ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 196,917 ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 190,910 ha | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 190,734 ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 196,589 ha | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 197,788 ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 200,797 ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 206,260 ha | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 210,155 ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 216,914 ha | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 219,430 ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 226,725 ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 235,403 ha | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 238,352 ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 245,939 ha | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 260,800 ha | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 251,395 ha | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 249,908 ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 259,197 ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 251,931 ha | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 263,028 ha | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 267,110 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 262,483 ha | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 264,304 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 268,334 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 271,669 ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 274,805 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 280,504 ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 279,009 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 278,063 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 279,283 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 279,372 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 148,921 ha | 141,266 ha | 158,262 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 165,639 ha | 157,392 ha | 172,668 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 187,965 ha | 175,866 ha | 196,663 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 197,558 ha | 190,734 ha | 212,267 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 231,137 ha | 206,260 ha | 260,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 263,277 ha | 249,908 ha | 274,805 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 279,246 ha | 278,063 ha | 280,504 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Melanesia?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Melanesia was 279,372 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 280,504 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 141,266 ha in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 9th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.