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Table 11 - Estimated Area under Coconut in the South Pacific

Country

Total Land Area (km2)

Coconut Production 1994 MT (1)

Estimated No. Coconut trees
(2)

Land under Coconut (km2) (2)

Proportion of total land
%

Papua New Guinea

452,900

790

42,473,000

2,123

0.5

Solomon Islands

27,990

220

11,827,000

591

2.1

Fiji

18,270

201

10,806,000

540

3.0

Vanuatu

12,190

259

13,924,000

696

5.7

New Caledonia

19,103

10

537,000

27

0.1

French Polynesia

3,660

86

4,623,000

231

6.3

Western Samoa

2,830

130

6,989,000

349

12.3

Tonga

730

25

1,344,000

67

9.2

Kiribati

730

65

3,494,000

174

24.0

Tuvalu*

26

2

107,000

5

19.2

Cook Islands*

240

4

215,000

11

4.5

Nauru*

21

2

107,000

5

23.8

Niue*

260

2

107,000

5

1.9

Tokelau*

12

3

161,000

8

66.6

Wallis & Futuna Isl.*

170

2

107,000

5

1.2

Source: APFSOS/WP/01


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