Yams — Area harvested in Melanesia
Melanesia: Yams — Area harvested was 31,364 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — area harvested in Melanesia stood at 31,364 ha. 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 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Melanesia peaked at 31,364 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10,990 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Area harvested in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,990 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,312 ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 11,612 ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 11,812 ha | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 12,212 ha | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 12,412 ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 12,814 ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 13,468 ha | +5.1% |
| 1969 | 13,818 ha | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 13,800 ha | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 13,850 ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 13,800 ha | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 13,500 ha | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 13,358 ha | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 13,560 ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 13,913 ha | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 14,345 ha | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 14,418 ha | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 14,793 ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 15,220 ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 15,327 ha | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 15,555 ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 16,095 ha | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 16,500 ha | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 16,700 ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 16,856 ha | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 16,737 ha | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 17,114 ha | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 17,472 ha | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 17,788 ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 19,198 ha | +7.9% |
| 1992 | 19,418 ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 18,401 ha | -5.2% |
| 1994 | 17,584 ha | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 17,288 ha | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 16,762 ha | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 16,501 ha | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 17,277 ha | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 17,395 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 18,474 ha | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 19,686 ha | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 20,984 ha | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 21,772 ha | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 22,407 ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 23,829 ha | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 23,721 ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 25,136 ha | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 28,522 ha | +13.5% |
| 2009 | 25,406 ha | -10.9% |
| 2010 | 24,695 ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 25,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 25,900 ha | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 26,070 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 26,761 ha | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 26,987 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 27,575 ha | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 28,159 ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 28,360 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 28,748 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 29,382 ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 29,233 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 31,218 ha | +6.8% |
| 2023 | 31,290 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 31,364 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,272 ha | 10,990 ha | 13,818 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,934 ha | 13,358 ha | 14,793 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,358 ha | 15,220 ha | 17,472 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,761 ha | 16,501 ha | 19,418 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,994 ha | 18,474 ha | 28,522 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,876 ha | 24,695 ha | 28,748 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,497 ha | 29,233 ha | 31,364 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 2 Ghana 536,529 ha compare
- 3 Benin 209,313 ha compare
- 4 Togo 109,444 ha compare
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 1.50 million ha compare
- 5 Sudan 83,215 ha compare
- 6 Cameroon 80,505 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 27,602 ha compare
- 7 Ethiopia PDR 64,000 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5,266 ha compare
- 8 Sudan (former) 58,933 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 1,513 ha compare
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- 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 yams — area harvested in Melanesia?
- Yams — area harvested in Melanesia was 31,364 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 31,364 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,990 ha in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for yams — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 5th out of 9 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.2%. 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 Yams — 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.