Caribbean vs Melanesia: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Melanesia
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 324,084 ha against 24,241 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 299,843 ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 13.4 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Caribbean has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 12th and Melanesia ranks 11th of 18 countries.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 127,142 ha | 13,737 ha | 113,406 ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 149,437 ha | 10,281 ha | 139,156 ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 138,982 ha | 12,722 ha | 126,260 ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 185,426 ha | 13,506 ha | 171,920 ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 190,241 ha | 17,240 ha | 173,000 ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 259,117 ha | 20,039 ha | 239,078 ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 297,111 ha | 22,487 ha | 274,624 ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cassava, fresh — area harvested, Caribbean or Melanesia?
- Caribbean, at 324,084 ha against 24,241 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cassava, fresh — area harvested between Caribbean and Melanesia?
- 299,843 ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Melanesia rank globally for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 12th and Melanesia ranks 11th of 18 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cassava, fresh — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.