Sorghum — Production in Melanesia
Melanesia: Sorghum — Production was 5,023 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Production in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — production in Melanesia is 5,023 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — production in Melanesia peaked at 5,079 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 227 t, in 1962.
Melanesia ranks 86th of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 591 t | 227 t | 1,406 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,005 t | 900 t | 3,336 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,720 t | 685 t | 3,340 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,180 t | 1,080 t | 3,517 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,823 t | 3,433 t | 4,474 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,770 t | 4,127 t | 5,043 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,034 t | 5,003 t | 5,079 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
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 — production in Melanesia?
- Sorghum — production in Melanesia was 5,023 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 5,079 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest sorghum — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 227 t in 1962.
- How does Melanesia rank for sorghum — production?
- Melanesia ranks 86th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — production rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Melanesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum — Production. 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.