Agricultural land share — all countries

Agricultural land share — Melanesia

Agricultural land share in Melanesia in 2023 — 4.15%. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 1.97 pp.

2023 4.15% +0 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 4.15%2023
Period minimum 2.18%1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Melanesia, 1961–202322.533.544.519611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 2.18%1963: 2.21%1965: 2.27%1967: 2.3%1969: 2.38%1971: 2.47%1973: 2.55%1975: 2.67%1977: 2.79%1979: 2.89%1981: 2.94%1983: 3%1985: 3.12%1987: 3.19%1989: 3.31%1991: 3.42%1993: 3.48%1995: 3.52%1997: 3.57%1999: 3.68%2001: 3.7%2003: 3.72%2005: 3.75%2007: 3.87%2009: 3.93%2011: 3.93%2013: 3.91%2015: 3.98%2017: 4.14%2019: 4.14%2021: 4.15%2023: 4.15%
Change over the period: +1.97 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Melanesia

Melanesia 4.15%
World 36.93%
Agricultural land share — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 4.15 +0 pp
2022 4.14 −0 pp
2021 4.15 +0.01 pp
2020 4.14 −0 pp
2019 4.14 −0 pp
2018 4.14 +0 pp
2017 4.14 +0.15 pp
2016 3.99 +0.01 pp
2015 3.98 +0.03 pp
2014 3.95 +0.04 pp
2013 3.91 −0 pp
2012 3.91 −0.01 pp
2011 3.93 +0.03 pp
2010 3.9 −0.03 pp
2009 3.93 +0.03 pp
2008 3.91 +0.04 pp
2007 3.87 +0.1 pp
2006 3.77 +0.02 pp
2005 3.75 +0.03 pp
2004 3.72 +0.01 pp
2003 3.72 −0 pp
2002 3.72 +0.02 pp
2001 3.7 +0.01 pp
2000 3.69 +0.01 pp
1999 3.68 +0.03 pp
1998 3.65 +0.08 pp
1997 3.57 +0.01 pp
1996 3.56 +0.04 pp
1995 3.52 +0.03 pp
1994 3.49 +0.01 pp
1993 3.48 +0.05 pp
1992 3.43 +0.02 pp
1991 3.42 +0.04 pp
1990 3.38 +0.07 pp
1989 3.31 +0.05 pp
1988 3.26 +0.07 pp
1987 3.19 +0.02 pp
1986 3.17 +0.05 pp
1985 3.12 +0.05 pp
1984 3.07 +0.07 pp
1983 3 +0.03 pp
1982 2.97 +0.02 pp
1981 2.94 +0.04 pp
1980 2.91 +0.02 pp
1979 2.89 +0.03 pp
1978 2.86 +0.07 pp
1977 2.79 +0.05 pp
1976 2.74 +0.07 pp
1975 2.67 +0.06 pp
1974 2.61 +0.06 pp
1973 2.55 +0.05 pp
1972 2.51 +0.04 pp
1971 2.47 +0.05 pp
1970 2.42 +0.05 pp
1969 2.38 +0.04 pp
1968 2.34 +0.03 pp
1967 2.3 +0.04 pp
1966 2.27 −0.01 pp
1965 2.27 +0.01 pp
1964 2.27 +0.06 pp
1963 2.21 +0.01 pp
1962 2.2 +0.02 pp
1961 2.18

About the indicator

The share of agricultural land in total land area: arable land, land under permanent crops, and permanent meadows and pastures. High values often come not from crop-growing countries but from pastoral ones — vast semi-desert rangelands formally count as agricultural land.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by land area.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.