Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Melanesia
Melanesia: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 47,271 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 47,271 ha for sugar crops primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.2% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Melanesia peaked at 81,980 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 35,685 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 35,685 ha | — |
| 1962 | 35,685 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 35,802 ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 41,806 ha | +16.8% |
| 1965 | 42,934 ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 43,532 ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 44,720 ha | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 46,556 ha | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 47,274 ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 46,350 ha | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 47,570 ha | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 43,935 ha | -7.6% |
| 1973 | 45,550 ha | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 45,151 ha | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 45,156 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 47,210 ha | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 52,240 ha | +10.7% |
| 1978 | 54,245 ha | +3.8% |
| 1979 | 62,250 ha | +14.8% |
| 1980 | 66,255 ha | +6.4% |
| 1981 | 68,600 ha | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 73,100 ha | +6.6% |
| 1983 | 63,576 ha | -13.0% |
| 1984 | 73,600 ha | +15.8% |
| 1985 | 75,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 71,530 ha | -4.8% |
| 1987 | 74,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 69,000 ha | -7.4% |
| 1989 | 68,400 ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 74,200 ha | +8.5% |
| 1991 | 77,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 79,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 79,890 ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 80,388 ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 81,921 ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 81,980 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 80,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 65,000 ha | -18.8% |
| 1999 | 73,000 ha | +12.3% |
| 2000 | 70,000 ha | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 73,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 73,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 69,500 ha | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 69,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 65,000 ha | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 66,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 62,500 ha | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 59,500 ha | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 57,500 ha | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 54,841 ha | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 56,312 ha | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 52,569 ha | -6.6% |
| 2013 | 47,099 ha | -10.4% |
| 2014 | 48,416 ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 51,804 ha | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 50,302 ha | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 49,570 ha | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 48,876 ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 50,250 ha | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 50,717 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 46,910 ha | -7.5% |
| 2022 | 52,029 ha | +10.9% |
| 2023 | 42,517 ha | -18.3% |
| 2024 | 47,271 ha | +11.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 41,555 ha | 35,685 ha | 47,274 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 48,966 ha | 43,935 ha | 62,250 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 70,366 ha | 63,576 ha | 75,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 77,238 ha | 65,000 ha | 81,980 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 66,600 ha | 57,500 ha | 73,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 51,004 ha | 47,099 ha | 56,312 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 47,889 ha | 42,517 ha | 52,029 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 71,637 ha compare
- 9 Mexico 784,416 ha compare
- 10 Indonesia 595,128 ha compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 54,723 ha compare
- 11 Germany 437,200 ha compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 48,196 ha compare
- 12 Argentina 432,814 ha compare
- 13 France 411,630 ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 33,300 ha compare
- 14 Philippines 404,914 ha compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 14,107 ha compare
- 15 Egypt 389,139 ha compare
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 102 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 8.13 % 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 goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 8.31 % 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)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -1.73 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Melanesia?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Melanesia was 47,271 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 81,980 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 35,685 ha in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 12th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. 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 Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.