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.
Melanesia ranks 95th of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
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
- 92 China, Taiwan Province of 2,000 ha compare
- 93 Greece 1,750 ha compare
- 94 Republic of Korea 1,632 ha compare
- 96 Papua New Guinea 1,129 ha compare
- 97 Eswatini 1,000 ha compare
- 98 Panama 376 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
- Fat of pigs — Production 6,015 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 2.18 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 89,605 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 41 kg/An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 79,382 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 374.22 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 2.34 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 2.18 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 4,250 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 8,430 kg/ha (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 95th out of 131 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.