Sweet potatoes — Production in Melanesia
Melanesia: Sweet potatoes — Production was 866,742 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Production in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production in Melanesia is 866,742 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Melanesia peaked at 868,837 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 338,100 t, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 338,100 t | — |
| 1962 | 340,100 t | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 342,100 t | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 344,600 t | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 348,300 t | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 364,600 t | +4.7% |
| 1967 | 368,100 t | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 368,200 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 378,300 t | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 397,800 t | +5.2% |
| 1971 | 408,800 t | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 430,000 t | +5.2% |
| 1973 | 438,500 t | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 466,200 t | +6.3% |
| 1975 | 470,250 t | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 472,350 t | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 475,700 t | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 471,700 t | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 466,150 t | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 472,900 t | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 484,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 485,100 t | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 516,900 t | +6.6% |
| 1984 | 520,900 t | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 530,200 t | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 528,530 t | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 532,776 t | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 570,329 t | +7.0% |
| 1989 | 520,623 t | -8.7% |
| 1990 | 523,311 t | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 533,552 t | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 539,352 t | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 548,650 t | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 521,327 t | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 533,677 t | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 529,145 t | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 538,315 t | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 541,057 t | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 559,714 t | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 562,862 t | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 575,685 t | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 579,620 t | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 593,607 t | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 613,884 t | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 633,786 t | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 651,661 t | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 673,115 t | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 689,606 t | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 696,583 t | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 707,551 t | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 729,835 t | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 745,544 t | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 765,606 t | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 780,090 t | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 796,811 t | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 808,931 t | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 822,055 t | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 834,587 t | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 848,079 t | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 861,072 t | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 848,297 t | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 865,678 t | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 868,837 t | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 866,742 t | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 354,711 t | 338,100 t | 378,300 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 449,745 t | 397,800 t | 475,700 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 516,226 t | 472,900 t | 570,329 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 536,810 t | 521,327 t | 559,714 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 627,041 t | 562,862 t | 696,583 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 783,909 t | 707,551 t | 848,079 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 862,125 t | 848,297 t | 868,837 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 4 Nigeria 4.09 million t compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 2.23 million t compare
- 5 Angola 2.12 million t compare
- 6 Indonesia 1.48 million t compare
- 6 Viet Nam 972,890 t compare
- 7 Rwanda 1.40 million t compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 625,963 t compare
- 8 India 1.31 million t compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 576,338 t compare
- 9 Madagascar 1.30 million t compare
- 10 Ethiopia 1.19 million t compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 138,700 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 sweet potatoes — production in Melanesia?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Melanesia was 866,742 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 868,837 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 338,100 t in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Melanesia ranks 7th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production 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 — 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.