Melanesia vs Micronesia: Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- Micronesia
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 11,188 ha against 169 ha in Micronesia, a difference of 11,019 ha.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 66.2 times Micronesia's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Melanesia has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 17th and Micronesia ranks 18th of 19 countries.
Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Micronesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13,866 ha | 86.44 ha | 13,779 ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 12,594 ha | 137.7 ha | 12,456 ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 10,427 ha | 161 ha | 10,266 ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 10,691 ha | 168.8 ha | 10,522 ha | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Melanesia or Micronesia?
- Melanesia, at 11,188 ha against 169 ha in Micronesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Melanesia and Micronesia?
- 11,019 ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Micronesia?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Micronesia rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 17th and Micronesia ranks 18th of 19 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — 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.