Spices — Food supply in Melanesia
Melanesia: Spices — Food supply was 8,765 million Kcal in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Spices — Food supply in Melanesia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 8,765 million Kcal for spices — food supply in 2023.
The figure is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 72.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spices — food supply in Melanesia peaked at 30,914 million Kcal in 2017 and was at its lowest, 4,929 million Kcal, in 2012.
That places Melanesia 117th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Spices — Food supply in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,581 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 4,980 million Kcal | -10.8% |
| 2012 | 4,929 million Kcal | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 5,083 million Kcal | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 5,414 million Kcal | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 5,522 million Kcal | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 16,707 million Kcal | +202.5% |
| 2017 | 30,914 million Kcal | +85.0% |
| 2018 | 6,926 million Kcal | -77.6% |
| 2019 | 6,429 million Kcal | -7.2% |
| 2020 | 8,483 million Kcal | +31.9% |
| 2021 | 9,522 million Kcal | +12.3% |
| 2022 | 8,380 million Kcal | -12.0% |
| 2023 | 8,765 million Kcal | +4.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spices — Food supply 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +202.5% | 5,522 million Kcal | 16,707 million Kcal |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 9,249 million Kcal | 4,929 million Kcal | 30,914 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,788 million Kcal | 8,380 million Kcal | 9,522 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 8.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 21.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.8374 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.11 % 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 spices — food supply in Melanesia?
- Spices — food supply in Melanesia was 8,765 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spices — food supply recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 30,914 million Kcal in 2017.
- What is the lowest spices — food supply recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,929 million Kcal in 2012.
- How does Melanesia rank for spices — food supply?
- Melanesia ranks 117th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is spices — food supply rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 72.4%. 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 Spices — Food supply (kcal). 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.