Sorghum — Area harvested in Melanesia
Melanesia: Sorghum — Area harvested was 1,136 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Melanesia is 1,136 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Melanesia peaked at 2,088 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 149 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 149 ha | — |
| 1962 | 199 ha | +33.6% |
| 1963 | 210 ha | +5.5% |
| 1964 | 338 ha | +61.0% |
| 1965 | 264 ha | -21.9% |
| 1966 | 408 ha | +54.5% |
| 1967 | 683 ha | +67.4% |
| 1968 | 914 ha | +33.8% |
| 1969 | 1,018 ha | +11.4% |
| 1970 | 1,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1971 | 1,081 ha | +8.1% |
| 1972 | 964 ha | -10.8% |
| 1973 | 713 ha | -26.0% |
| 1974 | 758 ha | +6.3% |
| 1975 | 1,433 ha | +89.1% |
| 1976 | 1,073 ha | -25.1% |
| 1977 | 2,088 ha | +94.6% |
| 1978 | 1,950 ha | -6.6% |
| 1979 | 1,346 ha | -31.0% |
| 1980 | 2,021 ha | +50.1% |
| 1981 | 1,901 ha | -5.9% |
| 1982 | 1,802 ha | -5.2% |
| 1983 | 1,043 ha | -42.1% |
| 1984 | 695 ha | -33.4% |
| 1985 | 683 ha | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 551 ha | -19.3% |
| 1987 | 375 ha | -31.9% |
| 1988 | 400 ha | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 435 ha | +8.8% |
| 1990 | 282 ha | -35.2% |
| 1991 | 435 ha | +54.3% |
| 1992 | 573 ha | +31.7% |
| 1993 | 644 ha | +12.4% |
| 1994 | 793 ha | +23.1% |
| 1995 | 880 ha | +11.0% |
| 1996 | 912 ha | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 1,072 ha | +17.5% |
| 1998 | 1,138 ha | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 1,150 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 1,150 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,211 ha | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 1,216 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 1,157 ha | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 1,190 ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 1,218 ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 1,296 ha | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 1,311 ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 1,010 ha | -23.0% |
| 2009 | 1,110 ha | +9.9% |
| 2010 | 1,064 ha | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 1,153 ha | +8.4% |
| 2012 | 1,145 ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 1,212 ha | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 1,332 ha | +9.9% |
| 2015 | 1,839 ha | +38.1% |
| 2016 | 1,641 ha | -10.8% |
| 2017 | 1,459 ha | -11.1% |
| 2018 | 1,369 ha | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 1,124 ha | -17.9% |
| 2020 | 1,121 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 1,129 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 1,132 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,134 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,136 ha | +0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Melanesia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +94.6% | 1,073 ha | 2,088 ha |
| 1975 | +89.1% | 758 ha | 1,433 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 464.78 ha | 149 ha | 1,018 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,241 ha | 713 ha | 2,088 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 990.6 ha | 375 ha | 2,021 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 787.9 ha | 282 ha | 1,150 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,187 ha | 1,010 ha | 1,311 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,334 ha | 1,064 ha | 1,839 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,130 ha | 1,121 ha | 1,136 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 9 Brazil 1.36 million ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 13,000 ha compare
- 10 Mexico 1.29 million ha compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 6,305 ha compare
- 11 South Sudan 1.02 million ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 3,582 ha compare
- 12 Chad 1.01 million ha compare
- 13 Australia 774,646 ha compare
- 13 Türkiye 12 ha compare
- 13 Australia and New Zealand 774,646 ha compare
- 14 Micronesia (Federated States of) 7 ha compare
- 14 Micronesia 7 ha compare
- 15 Cameroon 740,000 ha compare
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- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -1.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -19.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.4201 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.2146 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 11.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -5.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 21.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -12.17 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Melanesia?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Melanesia was 1,136 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,088 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 149 ha in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 12th out of 15 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.7%. 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 Sorghum — 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.