Starchy Roots — Food supply in Melanesia
Melanesia: Starchy Roots — Food supply was 1.98 million million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Melanesia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, starchy roots — food supply in Melanesia stood at 1.98 million million Kcal. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food supply in Melanesia peaked at 1.98 million million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.72 million million Kcal, in 2010.
That places Melanesia 8th out of 20 regions with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.87 million million Kcal | 1.72 million million Kcal | 1.97 million million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.98 million million Kcal | 1.97 million million Kcal | 1.98 million million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 5 Indonesia 22.63 million million Kcal compare
- 6 Ghana 15.93 million million Kcal compare
- 7 Angola 11.88 million million Kcal compare
- 8 Brazil 10.15 million million Kcal compare
- 9 Mozambique 8.17 million million Kcal compare
- 10 Russian Federation 7.88 million million Kcal compare
- 11 Bangladesh 5.96 million million Kcal compare
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.3012 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 2.18 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 79,382 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 374.22 t (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 2.18 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 6,015 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 1.31 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 41 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 89,605 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 504 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starchy roots — food supply in Melanesia?
- Starchy roots — food supply in Melanesia was 1.98 million million Kcal 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 1.98 million million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.72 million million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Melanesia rank for starchy roots — food supply?
- Melanesia ranks 8th out of 20 regions with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food supply rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. 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 Starchy Roots — 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.