Wood-based panels — Export quantity in Melanesia
Melanesia: Wood-based panels — Export quantity was 13,606 m3 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wood-based panels — Export quantity in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in m3.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 13,606 m3 for wood-based panels — export quantity in 2024.
The figure is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 95.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wood-based panels — export quantity in Melanesia peaked at 18,019 m3 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 800 m3, in 1990.
That places Melanesia 91st out of 253 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wood-based panels — Export quantity in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | m3 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,700 m3 | — |
| 1962 | 11,700 m3 | +20.6% |
| 1963 | 7,600 m3 | -35.0% |
| 1964 | 9,200 m3 | +21.1% |
| 1965 | 9,600 m3 | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 7,900 m3 | -17.7% |
| 1967 | 9,500 m3 | +20.3% |
| 1968 | 10,700 m3 | +12.6% |
| 1969 | 10,500 m3 | -1.9% |
| 1970 | 11,900 m3 | +13.3% |
| 1971 | 11,900 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 9,200 m3 | -22.7% |
| 1973 | 13,100 m3 | +42.4% |
| 1974 | 15,800 m3 | +20.6% |
| 1975 | 12,500 m3 | -20.9% |
| 1976 | 10,800 m3 | -13.6% |
| 1977 | 5,600 m3 | -48.1% |
| 1978 | 6,400 m3 | +14.3% |
| 1979 | 6,400 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 6,400 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 8,200 m3 | +28.1% |
| 1982 | 7,300 m3 | -11.0% |
| 1983 | 5,400 m3 | -26.0% |
| 1984 | 5,700 m3 | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 3,000 m3 | -47.4% |
| 1986 | 2,100 m3 | -30.0% |
| 1987 | 2,100 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,100 m3 | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,400 m3 | +14.3% |
| 1990 | 800 m3 | -66.7% |
| 1991 | 2,700 m3 | +237.5% |
| 1992 | 8,279 m3 | +206.6% |
| 1993 | 1,226 m3 | -85.2% |
| 1994 | 2,214 m3 | +80.6% |
| 1995 | 8,319 m3 | +275.7% |
| 1996 | 3,105 m3 | -62.7% |
| 1997 | 2,105 m3 | -32.2% |
| 1998 | 7,805 m3 | +270.8% |
| 1999 | 11,000 m3 | +40.9% |
| 2000 | 11,000 m3 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 7,000 m3 | -36.4% |
| 2002 | 9,942 m3 | +42.0% |
| 2003 | 9,677 m3 | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 13,366 m3 | +38.1% |
| 2005 | 8,769 m3 | -34.4% |
| 2006 | 9,569 m3 | +9.1% |
| 2007 | 10,351 m3 | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 12,851 m3 | +24.2% |
| 2009 | 13,020 m3 | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 14,504 m3 | +11.4% |
| 2011 | 18,019 m3 | +24.2% |
| 2012 | 14,140 m3 | -21.5% |
| 2013 | 5,339 m3 | -62.2% |
| 2014 | 6,957 m3 | +30.3% |
| 2015 | 8,122 m3 | +16.7% |
| 2016 | 10,580 m3 | +30.3% |
| 2017 | 12,264 m3 | +15.9% |
| 2018 | 12,169 m3 | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 15,487 m3 | +27.3% |
| 2020 | 8,819 m3 | -43.1% |
| 2021 | 8,899 m3 | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 10,362 m3 | +16.4% |
| 2023 | 13,194 m3 | +27.3% |
| 2024 | 13,606 m3 | +3.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wood-based panels — Export quantity in Melanesia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +275.7% | 2,214 m3 | 8,319 m3 |
| 1998 | +270.8% | 2,105 m3 | 7,805 m3 |
| 1991 | +237.5% | 800 m3 | 2,700 m3 |
| 1992 | +206.6% | 2,700 m3 | 8,279 m3 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,600 m3 | 7,600 m3 | 11,700 m3 | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,360 m3 | 5,600 m3 | 15,800 m3 | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,470 m3 | 2,100 m3 | 8,200 m3 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,755 m3 | 800 m3 | 11,000 m3 | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,554 m3 | 7,000 m3 | 13,366 m3 | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,758 m3 | 5,339 m3 | 18,019 m3 | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,976 m3 | 8,819 m3 | 13,606 m3 | 5 |
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More environment data for Melanesia
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.59 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.179 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.857 °C (2025)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 3.85 kg/ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 52,995 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 0.47 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 1.3 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 21,133 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wood-based panels — export quantity in Melanesia?
- Wood-based panels — export quantity in Melanesia was 13,606 m3 in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wood-based panels — export quantity recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 18,019 m3 in 2011.
- What is the lowest wood-based panels — export quantity recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 800 m3 in 1990.
- How does Melanesia rank for wood-based panels — export quantity?
- Melanesia ranks 91st out of 253 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wood-based panels — export quantity rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 95.6%. 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 Wood-based panels — Export quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The database contains data on the production and trade in roundwood and in primary wood and paper products for all countries and territories in the world.The main types of primary forest products included in this database are roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp, and paper and paperboard. These products are detailed further and defined in the Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire (JFSQ) (https://www.fao.org/statistics/data-collection/forestry/en). The database contains details of the following topics: - roundwood removals (production) by coniferous and non-coniferous wood and assortments, - production and trade in industrial roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, wood charcoal, pulp, paper and paperboard, and other products. More detailed information on wood products, including definitions, can be found at: https://www.fao.org/statistics/data-collection/forestry/en