Starchy Roots — Food in Melanesia
Melanesia: Starchy Roots — Food was 2,152 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Starchy Roots — Food in Melanesia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 2,152 1000 t for starchy roots — food in 2023.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food in Melanesia peaked at 2,300 1000 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,873 1000 t, in 2010.
That places Melanesia 49th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Starchy Roots — Food in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,873 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 1,920 1000 t | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 1,931 1000 t | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 1,992 1000 t | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 2,043 1000 t | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 2,076 1000 t | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 2,116 1000 t | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 2,300 1000 t | +8.7% |
| 2018 | 2,154 1000 t | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 2,140 1000 t | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 2,162 1000 t | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 2,156 1000 t | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 2,155 1000 t | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,152 1000 t | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,054 1000 t | 1,873 1000 t | 2,300 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,156 1000 t | 2,152 1000 t | 2,162 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 46 Cambodia 2,351 1000 t compare
- 47 Caribbean 2,336 1000 t compare
- 48 Philippines 2,168 1000 t compare
- 50 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,117 1000 t compare
- 51 Australia and New Zealand 2,115 1000 t compare
- 52 South Africa 2,082 1000 t compare
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)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -5.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 21.3 % 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 starchy roots — food in Melanesia?
- Starchy roots — food in Melanesia was 2,152 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,300 1000 t in 2017.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,873 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Melanesia rank for starchy roots — food?
- Melanesia ranks 49th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. 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. 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.