Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Melanesia
Melanesia: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 4.11 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, agricultural land — share in land area in Melanesia stood at 4.11 %.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — share in land area in Melanesia peaked at 4.12 % in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2.2 %, in 1961.
That places Melanesia 47th out of 47 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.28 % | 2.2 % | 2.38 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.65 % | 2.42 % | 2.89 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.09 % | 2.91 % | 3.31 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.52 % | 3.38 % | 3.68 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.78 % | 3.69 % | 3.95 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.99 % | 3.91 % | 4.12 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.1 % | 4.1 % | 4.11 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 45 El Salvador 57.26 % compare
- 46 Mozambique, Republic of 56.11 % compare
- 47 Hungary 55.52 % compare
- 48 Ghana 55.39 % compare
- 49 Sierra Leone 55.24 % compare
- 50 Romania 55.15 % compare
More environment data for Melanesia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 0.857 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.179 °C (2025)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 7.8 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 2.82 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 6,033 t (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 118.85 USD (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 6,096 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 1.3 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 21,303 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — share in land area in Melanesia?
- Agricultural land — share in land area in Melanesia was 4.11 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.12 % in 2017.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2 % in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for agricultural land — share in land area?
- Melanesia ranks 47th out of 47 regions with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — share in land area rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. 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 Agricultural land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.