Yams — Food supply in Melanesia

Melanesia: Yams — Food supply was 360,807 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
360,807 million Kcal
Change on year
down 0.0%
Rank
4th
of 12 regions
All-time high
364,341 million Kcal
in 2021
All-time low
306,472 million Kcal
in 2010
Years of data
14
2010–2023

Yams — Food supply in Melanesia, 2010–2023

0100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k2010201620232010: 306.5k million Kcal2011: 314.9k million Kcal2012: 322.7k million Kcal2013: 330.4k million Kcal2014: 341.8k million Kcal2015: 348.9k million Kcal2016: 356.8k million Kcal2017: 362.9k million Kcal2018: 352.0k million Kcal2019: 345.7k million Kcal2020: 354.8k million Kcal2021: 364.3k million Kcal2022: 361.0k million Kcal2023: 360.8k million Kcal

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.

Analysis

The most recent figure for yams — food supply in Melanesia is 360,807 million Kcal, measured in 2023.

The figure is up 9.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, yams — food supply in Melanesia peaked at 364,341 million Kcal in 2021 and was at its lowest, 306,472 million Kcal, in 2010.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

Yams — Food supply in Melanesia, year by year

Annual values for Yams — Food supply (kcal) in Melanesia, 2010 to 2023.
Year million Kcal Change
2010 306,472 million Kcal
2011 314,870 million Kcal +2.7%
2012 322,697 million Kcal +2.5%
2013 330,446 million Kcal +2.4%
2014 341,819 million Kcal +3.4%
2015 348,913 million Kcal +2.1%
2016 356,824 million Kcal +2.3%
2017 362,904 million Kcal +1.7%
2018 351,966 million Kcal -3.0%
2019 345,725 million Kcal -1.8%
2020 354,764 million Kcal +2.6%
2021 364,341 million Kcal +2.7%
2022 360,980 million Kcal -0.9%
2023 360,807 million Kcal -0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 338,264 million Kcal 306,472 million Kcal 362,904 million Kcal 10
2020s 360,223 million Kcal 354,764 million Kcal 364,341 million Kcal 4

Countries ranked near Melanesia

  1. 1 Nigeria 18.70 million million Kcal compare
  2. 2 Ghana 4.74 million million Kcal compare
  3. 3 Cameroon 342,191 million Kcal compare
  4. 4 Colombia 321,119 million Kcal compare
  5. 5 Papua New Guinea 316,209 million Kcal compare
  6. 6 Guinea 226,570 million Kcal compare
  7. 7 Gabon 143,107 million Kcal compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is yams — food supply in Melanesia?
Yams — food supply in Melanesia was 360,807 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest yams — food supply recorded in Melanesia?
The highest recorded value was 364,341 million Kcal in 2021.
What is the lowest yams — food supply recorded in Melanesia?
The lowest recorded value was 306,472 million Kcal in 2010.
How does Melanesia rank for yams — food supply?
Melanesia ranks 4th out of 12 regions with data for 2023.
Is yams — food supply rising or falling in Melanesia?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. 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 — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Yams — Food supply (kcal)
Unit
million Kcal
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
136 places, 1,720 data points, 2010–2023
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A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.