Wood chips, particles and residues — Export quantity in Melanesia
Melanesia: Wood chips, particles and residues — Export quantity was 177,209 m3 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wood chips, particles and residues — Export quantity in Melanesia, 1998–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in m3.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 177,209 m3 for wood chips, particles and residues — export quantity in 2024.
That represents a change of up 88.3% on the previous year and down 68.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wood chips, particles and residues — export quantity in Melanesia peaked at 555,782 m3 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 94,103 m3, in 2023.
That places Melanesia 39th out of 187 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Wood chips, particles and residues — Export quantity in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | m3 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 400,700 m3 | — |
| 1999 | 290,100 m3 | -27.6% |
| 2000 | 343,400 m3 | +18.4% |
| 2001 | 290,400 m3 | -15.4% |
| 2002 | 310,276 m3 | +6.8% |
| 2003 | 270,102 m3 | -12.9% |
| 2004 | 328,038 m3 | +21.4% |
| 2005 | 328,038 m3 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 432,998 m3 | +32.0% |
| 2007 | 288,826 m3 | -33.3% |
| 2008 | 134,368 m3 | -53.5% |
| 2009 | 146,201 m3 | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 292,027 m3 | +99.7% |
| 2011 | 222,597 m3 | -23.8% |
| 2012 | 221,773 m3 | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 177,849 m3 | -19.8% |
| 2014 | 555,782 m3 | +212.5% |
| 2015 | 402,745 m3 | -27.5% |
| 2016 | 329,714 m3 | -18.1% |
| 2017 | 270,980 m3 | -17.8% |
| 2018 | 551,547 m3 | +103.5% |
| 2019 | 235,926 m3 | -57.2% |
| 2020 | 229,489 m3 | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 304,142 m3 | +32.5% |
| 2022 | 251,160 m3 | -17.4% |
| 2023 | 94,103 m3 | -62.5% |
| 2024 | 177,209 m3 | +88.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wood chips, particles and residues — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +212.5% | 177,849 m3 | 555,782 m3 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 345,400 m3 | 290,100 m3 | 400,700 m3 | 2 |
| 2000s | 287,265 m3 | 134,368 m3 | 432,998 m3 | 10 |
| 2010s | 326,094 m3 | 177,849 m3 | 555,782 m3 | 10 |
| 2020s | 211,221 m3 | 94,103 m3 | 304,142 m3 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
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 chips, particles and residues — export quantity in Melanesia?
- Wood chips, particles and residues — export quantity in Melanesia was 177,209 m3 in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wood chips, particles and residues — export quantity recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 555,782 m3 in 2014.
- What is the lowest wood chips, particles and residues — export quantity recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 94,103 m3 in 2023.
- How does Melanesia rank for wood chips, particles and residues — export quantity?
- Melanesia ranks 39th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wood chips, particles and residues — export quantity rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 68.1%. 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 Wood chips, particles and residues — 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