Starchy Roots — Food supply in Melanesia
Melanesia: Starchy Roots — Food supply was 426.97 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Melanesia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 426.97 kcal/cap/d for starchy roots — food supply in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food supply in Melanesia peaked at 491.78 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 426.97 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
Melanesia ranks 4th of 20 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 491.78 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 490.4 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 481.2 kcal/cap/d | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 483.79 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 482.11 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 481.3 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 473.56 kcal/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 474.98 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 465.95 kcal/cap/d | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 450.86 kcal/cap/d | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 450.32 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 440.71 kcal/cap/d | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 432.72 kcal/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 426.97 kcal/cap/d | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 477.59 kcal/cap/d | 450.86 kcal/cap/d | 491.78 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 437.68 kcal/cap/d | 426.97 kcal/cap/d | 450.32 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,349 kcal/cap/d compare
- 1 Ghana 1,292 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Angola 885.39 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Congo 771.42 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Mozambique 665.73 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Nigeria 652.45 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Rwanda 652.05 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Solomon Islands 648.41 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 2.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 2.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 2.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.1988 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.3012 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 0.1818 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.37 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starchy roots — food supply in Melanesia?
- Starchy roots — food supply in Melanesia was 426.97 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 491.78 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 426.97 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Melanesia rank for starchy roots — food supply?
- Melanesia ranks 4th out of 20 groups with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food supply rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Melanesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Starchy Roots — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). 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.