Wheat — Area harvested in Melanesia
Melanesia: Wheat — Area harvested was 43 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 43 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 126.3% on the previous year and down 76.6% over five years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Melanesia peaked at 462 ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2000.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Area harvested in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 40 ha | — |
| 1962 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 50 ha | +25.0% |
| 1968 | 32 ha | -36.0% |
| 1969 | 30 ha | -6.2% |
| 1970 | 35 ha | +16.7% |
| 1971 | 15 ha | -57.1% |
| 1972 | 20 ha | +33.3% |
| 1973 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 24 ha | +20.0% |
| 1976 | 25 ha | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 27 ha | +8.0% |
| 1978 | 27 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 58 ha | +114.8% |
| 1980 | 235 ha | +305.2% |
| 1981 | 186 ha | -20.9% |
| 1982 | 357 ha | +91.9% |
| 1983 | 462 ha | +29.4% |
| 1984 | 333 ha | -27.9% |
| 1985 | 200 ha | -39.9% |
| 1986 | 311 ha | +55.5% |
| 1987 | 160 ha | -48.6% |
| 1988 | 50 ha | -68.8% |
| 1989 | 200 ha | +300.0% |
| 1990 | 205 ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 223 ha | +8.8% |
| 1992 | 110 ha | -50.7% |
| 1993 | 52 ha | -52.7% |
| 1994 | 70 ha | +34.6% |
| 1995 | 50 ha | -28.6% |
| 1996 | 54 ha | +8.0% |
| 1997 | 27 ha | -50.0% |
| 1998 | 40 ha | +48.1% |
| 1999 | 4 ha | -90.0% |
| 2000 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2001 | 20 ha | — |
| 2002 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2003 | 10 ha | — |
| 2004 | 24 ha | +140.0% |
| 2005 | 19 ha | -20.8% |
| 2006 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2007 | 0 ha | — |
| 2008 | 0 ha | — |
| 2009 | 0 ha | — |
| 2010 | 0 ha | — |
| 2011 | 0 ha | — |
| 2012 | 10 ha | — |
| 2013 | 21 ha | +110.0% |
| 2014 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2015 | 9 ha | — |
| 2016 | 13 ha | +44.4% |
| 2017 | 24 ha | +84.6% |
| 2018 | 8 ha | -66.7% |
| 2019 | 184 ha | +2200.0% |
| 2020 | 96 ha | -47.8% |
| 2021 | 145 ha | +51.0% |
| 2022 | 7 ha | -95.2% |
| 2023 | 19 ha | +171.4% |
| 2024 | 43 ha | +126.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +2200.0% | 8 ha | 184 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39.11 ha | 30 ha | 50 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27.1 ha | 15 ha | 58 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 249.4 ha | 50 ha | 462 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 83.5 ha | 4 ha | 223 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.3 ha | 0 ha | 24 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.9 ha | 0 ha | 184 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 62 ha | 7 ha | 145 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 10 Pakistan 9.73 million ha compare
- 11 Argentina 6.34 million ha compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,000 ha compare
- 12 Ukraine 4.88 million ha compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 330 ha compare
- 13 France 4.45 million ha compare
- 14 Brazil 2.92 million ha compare
- 15 Germany 2.62 million ha compare
- 16 Poland 2.39 million ha 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 wheat — area harvested in Melanesia?
- Wheat — area harvested in Melanesia was 43 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 462 ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2000.
- How does Melanesia rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 13th out of 14 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Melanesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — 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.