Melanesia vs New Zealand: Cereals, primary — Yield
Cereals, primary — Yield over time
- Melanesia
- New Zealand
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 9,102 kg/ha against 3,660 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 5,442 kg/ha.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 2.5 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 5th and New Zealand ranks 8th of 19 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,752 kg/ha | 3,299 kg/ha | 1,548 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 1,977 kg/ha | 3,685 kg/ha | 1,708 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 2,126 kg/ha | 4,465 kg/ha | 2,338 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 2,295 kg/ha | 5,610 kg/ha | 3,316 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 2,784 kg/ha | 6,945 kg/ha | 4,161 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 3,419 kg/ha | 7,962 kg/ha | 4,544 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 3,799 kg/ha | 8,764 kg/ha | 4,965 kg/ha | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — yield, Melanesia or New Zealand?
- New Zealand, at 9,102 kg/ha against 3,660 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — yield between Melanesia and New Zealand?
- 5,442 kg/ha, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and New Zealand?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and New Zealand rank globally for cereals, primary — yield?
- Melanesia ranks 5th and New Zealand ranks 8th of 19 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
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.