Melanesia vs Sierra Leone: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 262,326 ha against 24,241 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 238,085 ha.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 10.8 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 11th and Sierra Leone ranks 19th of 15 groups.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,737 ha | 18,755 ha | 5,018 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 10,281 ha | 17,526 ha | 7,245 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 12,722 ha | 26,120 ha | 13,398 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 13,506 ha | 42,122 ha | 28,617 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 17,240 ha | 214,093 ha | 196,852 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 20,039 ha | 264,014 ha | 243,975 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 22,487 ha | 179,475 ha | 156,988 ha | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cassava, fresh — area harvested, Melanesia or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 262,326 ha against 24,241 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cassava, fresh — area harvested between Melanesia and Sierra Leone?
- 238,085 ha, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Sierra Leone?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Sierra Leone rank globally for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 11th and Sierra Leone ranks 19th of 15 groups.
- 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.
Individual pages
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.