Freshwater Fish — Protein supply quantity in Melanesia
Melanesia: Freshwater Fish — Protein supply quantity was 0.35 g/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Freshwater Fish — Protein supply quantity in Melanesia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/cap/d.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 0.35 g/cap/d for freshwater fish — protein supply quantity in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, freshwater fish — protein supply quantity in Melanesia peaked at 0.46 g/cap/d in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.35 g/cap/d, in 2023.
Melanesia ranks 11th of 20 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.41 g/cap/d | 0.38 g/cap/d | 0.46 g/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.36 g/cap/d | 0.35 g/cap/d | 0.37 g/cap/d | 4 |
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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 — protein supply quantity in Melanesia?
- Freshwater fish — protein supply quantity in Melanesia was 0.35 g/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest freshwater fish — protein supply quantity recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.46 g/cap/d in 2011.
- What is the lowest freshwater fish — protein supply quantity recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.35 g/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Melanesia rank for freshwater fish — protein supply quantity?
- Melanesia ranks 11th out of 20 regions with data for 2023.
- Is freshwater fish — protein supply quantity rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. 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 — Protein supply quantity (g/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.