Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Melanesia
Melanesia: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 64,242 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 64,242 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 23.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Melanesia peaked at 64,242 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14,157 ha, in 1961.
Melanesia ranks 15th of 20 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,157 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,375 ha | +8.6% |
| 1963 | 16,061 ha | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 16,521 ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 17,098 ha | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 17,537 ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 17,835 ha | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 18,469 ha | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 18,390 ha | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 19,543 ha | +6.3% |
| 1971 | 19,956 ha | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 20,505 ha | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 20,959 ha | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 21,622 ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 22,297 ha | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 22,590 ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 22,691 ha | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 23,385 ha | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 24,071 ha | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 25,937 ha | +7.8% |
| 1981 | 26,551 ha | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 27,401 ha | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 28,864 ha | +5.3% |
| 1984 | 29,020 ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 29,243 ha | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 30,335 ha | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 31,836 ha | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 31,453 ha | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 32,600 ha | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 32,975 ha | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 33,249 ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 33,664 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 35,264 ha | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 35,795 ha | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 36,936 ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 37,419 ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 38,977 ha | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 40,469 ha | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 42,726 ha | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 43,701 ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 44,872 ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 42,720 ha | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 45,373 ha | +6.2% |
| 2004 | 46,342 ha | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 46,697 ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 47,425 ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 47,493 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 49,143 ha | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 50,374 ha | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 48,416 ha | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 49,403 ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 48,384 ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 51,141 ha | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 52,121 ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 53,242 ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 52,172 ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 53,412 ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 54,356 ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 55,419 ha | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 57,648 ha | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 57,263 ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 62,123 ha | +8.5% |
| 2023 | 63,535 ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 64,242 ha | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,827 ha | 14,157 ha | 18,469 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,762 ha | 19,543 ha | 24,071 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,324 ha | 25,937 ha | 32,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,747 ha | 32,975 ha | 42,726 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 46,414 ha | 42,720 ha | 50,374 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 51,807 ha | 48,384 ha | 55,419 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 60,962 ha | 57,263 ha | 64,242 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 92,238 ha compare
- 12 Ethiopia 592,759 ha compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 85,859 ha compare
- 13 Russian Federation 462,245 ha compare
- 14 Guinea 445,689 ha compare
- 14 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 64,997 ha compare
- 15 Pakistan 426,309 ha compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 39,265 ha compare
- 16 Ukraine 386,779 ha compare
- 17 Myanmar 380,654 ha compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 17,870 ha compare
- 18 Japan 361,476 ha compare
- 18 Polynesia 8,859 ha 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Melanesia?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Melanesia was 64,242 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 64,242 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,157 ha in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 15th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.3%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.