Sweet potatoes — Gross Production Index Number in Melanesia
Melanesia: Sweet potatoes — Gross Production Index Number was 108.99 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
108.99
Change on year
down 0.2%
Rank
5th
of 16 groups
All-time high
109.25
in 2023
All-time low
42.51
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Sweet potatoes — Gross Production Index Number in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 108.99 for sweet potatoes — gross production index number in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — gross production index number in Melanesia peaked at 109.25 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 42.51, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Gross Production Index Number in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 42.51 | — |
| 1962 | 42.76 | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 43.02 | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 43.33 | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 43.8 | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 45.85 | +4.7% |
| 1967 | 46.29 | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 46.3 | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 47.57 | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 50.02 | +5.2% |
| 1971 | 51.4 | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 54.07 | +5.2% |
| 1973 | 55.14 | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 58.62 | +6.3% |
| 1975 | 59.13 | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 59.39 | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 59.82 | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 59.31 | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 58.61 | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 59.46 | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 60.86 | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 61 | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 65 | +6.6% |
| 1984 | 65.5 | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 66.67 | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 66.46 | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 66.99 | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 71.71 | +7.0% |
| 1989 | 65.46 | -8.7% |
| 1990 | 65.8 | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 67.09 | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 67.82 | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 68.99 | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 65.55 | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 67.11 | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 66.54 | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 67.69 | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 68.03 | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 70.38 | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 70.78 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 72.39 | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 72.88 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 74.64 | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 77.19 | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 79.69 | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 81.94 | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 84.64 | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 86.71 | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 87.59 | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 88.97 | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 91.77 | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 93.75 | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 96.27 | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 98.09 | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 100.19 | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 101.72 | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 103.37 | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 104.94 | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 106.64 | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 108.27 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 106.67 | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 108.85 | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 109.25 | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 108.99 | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 44.6 | 42.51 | 47.57 | 9 |
| 1970s | 56.55 | 50.02 | 59.82 | 10 |
| 1980s | 64.91 | 59.46 | 71.71 | 10 |
| 1990s | 67.5 | 65.55 | 70.38 | 10 |
| 2000s | 78.84 | 70.78 | 87.59 | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.57 | 88.97 | 106.64 | 10 |
| 2020s | 108.41 | 106.67 | 109.25 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 2 Mauritius 480.44 compare
- 3 Costa Rica 311.34 compare
- 4 Niger 310.34 compare
- 5 Senegal 273.27 compare
- 6 Burkina Faso 223.17 compare
- 7 Belize 207.69 compare
- 8 Dominican Republic 205.87 compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — gross production index number in Melanesia?
- Sweet potatoes — gross production index number in Melanesia was 108.99 in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — gross production index number recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 109.25 in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — gross production index number recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.51 in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for sweet potatoes — gross production index number?
- Melanesia ranks 5th out of 16 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — gross production index number rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Gross Production Index Number (2014-2016 = 100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 2014-2016. Indices for meat production are computed based on data on production from indigenous animals.