Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Melanesia

Melanesia: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 34,696 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
34,696 kg/ha
Change on year
down 21.0%
World rank
15th
of 16 countries
All-time high
66,541 kg/ha
in 1963
All-time low
32,893 kg/ha
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Melanesia, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.

Analysis

In 2024, sugar crops primary — yield in Melanesia stood at 34,696 kg/ha.

That represents a change of down 21.0% on the previous year and down 23.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Melanesia peaked at 66,541 kg/ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 32,893 kg/ha, in 1961.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.

Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Melanesia, year by year

Annual values for Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Melanesia, 1961 to 2024.
Year kg/ha Change
1961 32,893 kg/ha —
1962 52,145 kg/ha +58.5%
1963 66,541 kg/ha +27.6%
1964 56,554 kg/ha -15.0%
1965 51,559 kg/ha -8.8%
1966 51,354 kg/ha -0.4%
1967 49,316 kg/ha -4.0%
1968 61,854 kg/ha +25.4%
1969 50,455 kg/ha -18.4%
1970 62,448 kg/ha +23.8%
1971 53,687 kg/ha -14.0%
1972 51,150 kg/ha -4.7%
1973 54,982 kg/ha +7.5%
1974 47,841 kg/ha -13.0%
1975 48,043 kg/ha +0.4%
1976 48,560 kg/ha +1.1%
1977 51,371 kg/ha +5.8%
1978 52,775 kg/ha +2.7%
1979 65,430 kg/ha +24.0%
1980 50,867 kg/ha -22.3%
1981 58,819 kg/ha +15.6%
1982 59,248 kg/ha +0.7%
1983 39,748 kg/ha -32.9%
1984 62,690 kg/ha +57.7%
1985 44,048 kg/ha -29.7%
1986 59,555 kg/ha +35.2%
1987 42,824 kg/ha -28.1%
1988 50,382 kg/ha +17.7%
1989 63,801 kg/ha +26.6%
1990 57,493 kg/ha -9.9%
1991 47,926 kg/ha -16.6%
1992 49,152 kg/ha +2.6%
1993 50,620 kg/ha +3.0%
1994 54,291 kg/ha +7.3%
1995 55,056 kg/ha +1.4%
1996 50,610 kg/ha -8.1%
1997 47,238 kg/ha -6.7%
1998 40,969 kg/ha -13.3%
1999 57,219 kg/ha +39.7%
2000 56,871 kg/ha -0.6%
2001 48,315 kg/ha -15.0%
2002 49,877 kg/ha +3.2%
2003 46,935 kg/ha -5.9%
2004 49,108 kg/ha +4.6%
2005 49,138 kg/ha +0.1%
2006 52,812 kg/ha +7.5%
2007 45,328 kg/ha -14.2%
2008 44,571 kg/ha -1.7%
2009 42,070 kg/ha -5.6%
2010 38,858 kg/ha -7.6%
2011 44,307 kg/ha +14.0%
2012 36,447 kg/ha -17.7%
2013 40,978 kg/ha +12.4%
2014 45,068 kg/ha +10.0%
2015 42,371 kg/ha -6.0%
2016 34,532 kg/ha -18.5%
2017 39,964 kg/ha +15.7%
2018 41,882 kg/ha +4.8%
2019 42,905 kg/ha +2.4%
2020 40,955 kg/ha -4.5%
2021 37,753 kg/ha -7.8%
2022 37,667 kg/ha -0.2%
2023 43,921 kg/ha +16.6%
2024 34,696 kg/ha -21.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 52,519 kg/ha 32,893 kg/ha 66,541 kg/ha 9
1970s 53,629 kg/ha 47,841 kg/ha 65,430 kg/ha 10
1980s 53,198 kg/ha 39,748 kg/ha 63,801 kg/ha 10
1990s 51,057 kg/ha 40,969 kg/ha 57,493 kg/ha 10
2000s 48,503 kg/ha 42,070 kg/ha 56,871 kg/ha 10
2010s 40,731 kg/ha 34,532 kg/ha 45,068 kg/ha 10
2020s 38,998 kg/ha 34,696 kg/ha 43,921 kg/ha 5

Countries ranked near Melanesia

  1. 12 Eswatini 92,233 kg/ha compare
  2. 13 Chad 91,588 kg/ha compare
  3. 14 Colombia 89,010 kg/ha compare
  4. 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 34,972 kg/ha compare
  5. 15 French Polynesia 88,620 kg/ha compare
  6. 16 Australia 87,569 kg/ha compare
  7. 16 Republic of Moldova 20,747 kg/ha compare
  8. 16 Australia and New Zealand 87,569 kg/ha compare
  9. 18 Germany 83,903 kg/ha compare

See the full ranking of 197 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sugar crops primary — yield in Melanesia?
Sugar crops primary — yield in Melanesia was 34,696 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Melanesia?
The highest recorded value was 66,541 kg/ha in 1963.
What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Melanesia?
The lowest recorded value was 32,893 kg/ha in 1961.
How does Melanesia rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
Melanesia ranks 15th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Melanesia?
Over the last ten years it is down 23.0%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
197 places, 10,598 data points, 1961–2024
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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.