Tomatoes — Area harvested in Melanesia
Melanesia: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 504 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tomatoes — area harvested in Melanesia is 504 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 252.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Melanesia peaked at 504 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10 ha, in 1965.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 43 ha | — |
| 1962 | 40 ha | -7.0% |
| 1963 | 26 ha | -35.0% |
| 1964 | 17 ha | -34.6% |
| 1965 | 10 ha | -41.2% |
| 1966 | 17 ha | +70.0% |
| 1967 | 16 ha | -5.9% |
| 1968 | 15 ha | -6.2% |
| 1969 | 13 ha | -13.3% |
| 1970 | 23 ha | +76.9% |
| 1971 | 17 ha | -26.1% |
| 1972 | 14 ha | -17.6% |
| 1973 | 38 ha | +171.4% |
| 1974 | 36 ha | -5.3% |
| 1975 | 73 ha | +102.8% |
| 1976 | 50 ha | -31.5% |
| 1977 | 60 ha | +20.0% |
| 1978 | 11 ha | -81.7% |
| 1979 | 35 ha | +218.2% |
| 1980 | 21 ha | -40.0% |
| 1981 | 17 ha | -19.0% |
| 1982 | 26 ha | +52.9% |
| 1983 | 24 ha | -7.7% |
| 1984 | 27 ha | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 32 ha | +18.5% |
| 1986 | 32 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 50 ha | +56.2% |
| 1988 | 55 ha | +10.0% |
| 1989 | 60 ha | +9.1% |
| 1990 | 65 ha | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 70 ha | +7.7% |
| 1992 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 275 ha | +292.9% |
| 1994 | 352 ha | +28.0% |
| 1995 | 380 ha | +8.0% |
| 1996 | 374 ha | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 358 ha | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 350 ha | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 290 ha | -17.1% |
| 2000 | 350 ha | +20.7% |
| 2001 | 395 ha | +12.9% |
| 2002 | 354 ha | -10.4% |
| 2003 | 351 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 338 ha | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 339 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 355 ha | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 373 ha | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 390 ha | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 365 ha | -6.4% |
| 2010 | 123 ha | -66.3% |
| 2011 | 167 ha | +35.8% |
| 2012 | 158 ha | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 141 ha | -10.8% |
| 2014 | 143 ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 151 ha | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 157 ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 159 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 168 ha | +5.7% |
| 2019 | 175 ha | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 260 ha | +48.6% |
| 2021 | 297 ha | +14.2% |
| 2022 | 416 ha | +40.1% |
| 2023 | 503 ha | +20.9% |
| 2024 | 504 ha | +0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — Area harvested in Melanesia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +292.9% | 70 ha | 275 ha |
| 1979 | +218.2% | 11 ha | 35 ha |
| 1973 | +171.4% | 14 ha | 38 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21.89 ha | 10 ha | 43 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 35.7 ha | 11 ha | 73 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 34.4 ha | 17 ha | 60 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 258.4 ha | 65 ha | 380 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 361 ha | 338 ha | 395 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 154.2 ha | 123 ha | 175 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 396 ha | 260 ha | 504 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,812 ha compare
- 11 Pakistan 67,094 ha compare
- 12 Cameroon 66,081 ha compare
- 12 Republic of Moldova 6,173 ha compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5,101 ha compare
- 13 Brazil 60,576 ha compare
- 14 Indonesia 58,995 ha compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 112 ha compare
- 15 Ukraine 56,200 ha compare
- 16 Guinea 56,163 ha compare
- 16 Polynesia 68 ha compare
- 17 Spain 55,480 ha compare
- 17 Micronesia 0 ha
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 tomatoes — area harvested in Melanesia?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Melanesia was 504 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 504 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 ha in 1965.
- How does Melanesia rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 14th out of 17 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 252.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Melanesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tomatoes — Area harvested. 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.