Melanesia vs Polynesia: Brans — Import Quantity
Brans — Import Quantity over time
- Melanesia
- Polynesia
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 203 t against 108 t in Polynesia, a difference of 95 t.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 1.9 times Polynesia's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Melanesia ahead.
Melanesia ranks 7th and Polynesia ranks 9th of 14 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Melanesia averaged higher in 5 and Polynesia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 267.22 t | 46.67 t | 220.56 t | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 166.7 t | 131.9 t | 34.8 t | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 307.5 t | 153.7 t | 153.8 t | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 1,413 t | 370.1 t | 1,043 t | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 65.6 t | 657.8 t | 592.2 t | Polynesia |
| 2010s | 327.25 t | 229 t | 98.25 t | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher brans — import quantity, Melanesia or Polynesia?
- Melanesia, at 203 t against 108 t in Polynesia as of 2013.
- What is the difference in brans — import quantity between Melanesia and Polynesia?
- 95 t, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Polynesia?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2013.
- How do Melanesia and Polynesia rank globally for brans — import quantity?
- Melanesia ranks 7th and Polynesia ranks 9th of 14 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Brans — Import Quantity. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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 caput 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.