India vs Melanesia: Cereals, primary — Yield

India
3,632 kg/ha
in 2024
Melanesia
3,660 kg/ha
in 2024
India rank
81st
Melanesia rank
80th

Cereals, primary — Yield over time

  • India
  • Melanesia
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How they compare

Melanesia currently reports 3,660 kg/ha against 3,632 kg/ha in India, a difference of 28 kg/ha.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Melanesia ahead.

India ranks 81st and Melanesia ranks 80th of 193 countries.

Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade India Melanesia Difference Ahead
1960s 959.89 kg/ha 1,752 kg/ha 791.71 kg/ha Melanesia
1970s 1,199 kg/ha 1,977 kg/ha 778.13 kg/ha Melanesia
1980s 1,568 kg/ha 2,126 kg/ha 558.51 kg/ha Melanesia
1990s 2,094 kg/ha 2,295 kg/ha 200.93 kg/ha Melanesia
2000s 2,430 kg/ha 2,784 kg/ha 354.19 kg/ha Melanesia
2010s 3,020 kg/ha 3,419 kg/ha 398.69 kg/ha Melanesia
2020s 3,543 kg/ha 3,799 kg/ha 255.86 kg/ha Melanesia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — yield, India or Melanesia?
Melanesia, at 3,660 kg/ha against 3,632 kg/ha in India as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — yield between India and Melanesia?
28 kg/ha, with Melanesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Melanesia?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do India and Melanesia rank globally for cereals, primary — yield?
India ranks 81st and Melanesia ranks 80th of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Cereals, primary — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,848 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.