Freshwater Fish — Food supply in Melanesia
Melanesia: Freshwater Fish — Food supply was 2.42 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Freshwater Fish — Food supply in Melanesia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 2.42 kcal/cap/d for freshwater fish — food supply in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, freshwater fish — food supply in Melanesia peaked at 3.18 kcal/cap/d in 2011 and was at its lowest, 2.42 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Melanesia 11th out of 20 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Freshwater Fish — Food supply in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3.08 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 3.18 kcal/cap/d | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 2.93 kcal/cap/d | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 2.9 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 2.84 kcal/cap/d | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 2.79 kcal/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 2.71 kcal/cap/d | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 2.75 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 2.65 kcal/cap/d | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 2.63 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 2.59 kcal/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 2.51 kcal/cap/d | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 2.46 kcal/cap/d | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 2.42 kcal/cap/d | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.85 kcal/cap/d | 2.63 kcal/cap/d | 3.18 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.5 kcal/cap/d | 2.42 kcal/cap/d | 2.59 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 8 Norway 28.82 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Finland 25.73 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 China, Macao SAR 25.54 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Türkiye 3.07 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Egypt 25.15 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 China, Hong Kong SAR 24.58 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Israel 20.6 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Iceland 20.38 kcal/cap/d compare
More environment data for Melanesia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.59 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.179 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.857 °C (2025)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 1.3 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 7.8 g/Int$ (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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is freshwater fish — food supply in Melanesia?
- Freshwater fish — food supply in Melanesia was 2.42 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest freshwater fish — food supply recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.18 kcal/cap/d in 2011.
- What is the lowest freshwater fish — food supply recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.42 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Melanesia rank for freshwater fish — food supply?
- Melanesia ranks 11th out of 20 groups with data for 2023.
- Is freshwater fish — food supply rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Melanesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Freshwater Fish — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.