Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Melanesia
Melanesia: Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 1.64 million t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 1.64 million t for sugar crops primary — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 12.2% on the previous year and down 24.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in Melanesia peaked at 4.61 million t in 1984 and was at its lowest, 1.17 million t, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.17 million t | — |
| 1962 | 1.86 million t | +58.5% |
| 1963 | 2.38 million t | +28.0% |
| 1964 | 2.36 million t | -0.8% |
| 1965 | 2.21 million t | -6.4% |
| 1966 | 2.24 million t | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 2.21 million t | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 2.88 million t | +30.6% |
| 1969 | 2.39 million t | -17.2% |
| 1970 | 2.89 million t | +21.4% |
| 1971 | 2.55 million t | -11.8% |
| 1972 | 2.25 million t | -12.0% |
| 1973 | 2.50 million t | +11.4% |
| 1974 | 2.16 million t | -13.7% |
| 1975 | 2.17 million t | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 2.29 million t | +5.7% |
| 1977 | 2.68 million t | +17.1% |
| 1978 | 2.86 million t | +6.7% |
| 1979 | 4.07 million t | +42.3% |
| 1980 | 3.37 million t | -17.3% |
| 1981 | 4.04 million t | +19.7% |
| 1982 | 4.33 million t | +7.3% |
| 1983 | 2.53 million t | -41.7% |
| 1984 | 4.61 million t | +82.6% |
| 1985 | 3.31 million t | -28.3% |
| 1986 | 4.26 million t | +28.8% |
| 1987 | 3.19 million t | -25.1% |
| 1988 | 3.48 million t | +9.0% |
| 1989 | 4.36 million t | +25.5% |
| 1990 | 4.27 million t | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 3.69 million t | -13.5% |
| 1992 | 3.88 million t | +5.2% |
| 1993 | 4.04 million t | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 4.36 million t | +7.9% |
| 1995 | 4.51 million t | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 4.15 million t | -8.0% |
| 1997 | 3.78 million t | -8.9% |
| 1998 | 2.66 million t | -29.5% |
| 1999 | 4.18 million t | +56.9% |
| 2000 | 3.98 million t | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 3.53 million t | -11.4% |
| 2002 | 3.64 million t | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 3.26 million t | -10.4% |
| 2004 | 3.41 million t | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 3.19 million t | -6.4% |
| 2006 | 3.51 million t | +10.0% |
| 2007 | 2.83 million t | -19.3% |
| 2008 | 2.65 million t | -6.4% |
| 2009 | 2.42 million t | -8.8% |
| 2010 | 2.13 million t | -11.9% |
| 2011 | 2.50 million t | +17.1% |
| 2012 | 1.92 million t | -23.2% |
| 2013 | 1.93 million t | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 2.18 million t | +13.1% |
| 2015 | 2.19 million t | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 1.74 million t | -20.9% |
| 2017 | 1.98 million t | +14.0% |
| 2018 | 2.05 million t | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 2.16 million t | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 2.08 million t | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 1.77 million t | -14.7% |
| 2022 | 1.96 million t | +10.7% |
| 2023 | 1.87 million t | -4.7% |
| 2024 | 1.64 million t | -12.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.19 million t | 1.17 million t | 2.88 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.64 million t | 2.16 million t | 4.07 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.75 million t | 2.53 million t | 4.61 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.95 million t | 2.66 million t | 4.51 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.24 million t | 2.42 million t | 3.98 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.08 million t | 1.74 million t | 2.50 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.86 million t | 1.64 million t | 2.08 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 10 Germany 36.68 million t compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 3.34 million t compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.51 million t compare
- 11 France 32.59 million t compare
- 12 Indonesia 32.20 million t compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.64 million t compare
- 13 Colombia 31.89 million t compare
- 14 Australia 29.87 million t compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 292,673 t compare
- 14 Australia and New Zealand 29.87 million t compare
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 6,090 t compare
- 16 Egypt 27.20 million t compare
- 16 Polynesia 3,584 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.8374 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -12.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.3606 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.6376 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7614 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.0116 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — production in Melanesia?
- Sugar crops primary — production in Melanesia was 1.64 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.61 million t in 1984.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.17 million t in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for sugar crops primary — production?
- Melanesia ranks 13th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — production rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.8%. 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 Sugar Crops Primary — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.