Melanesia vs Northern America: Cereals, primary — Yield
Cereals, primary — Yield over time
- Melanesia
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 7,419 kg/ha against 3,660 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 3,759 kg/ha.
That makes Northern America's figure about 2.0 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Northern America has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 5th and Northern America ranks 2nd of 19 countries.
Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,752 kg/ha | 2,649 kg/ha | 896.91 kg/ha | Northern America |
| 1970s | 1,977 kg/ha | 3,331 kg/ha | 1,354 kg/ha | Northern America |
| 1980s | 2,126 kg/ha | 3,778 kg/ha | 1,652 kg/ha | Northern America |
| 1990s | 2,295 kg/ha | 4,533 kg/ha | 2,239 kg/ha | Northern America |
| 2000s | 2,784 kg/ha | 5,595 kg/ha | 2,810 kg/ha | Northern America |
| 2010s | 3,419 kg/ha | 6,765 kg/ha | 3,346 kg/ha | Northern America |
| 2020s | 3,799 kg/ha | 7,237 kg/ha | 3,438 kg/ha | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — yield, Melanesia or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 7,419 kg/ha against 3,660 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — yield between Melanesia and Northern America?
- 3,759 kg/ha, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Northern America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Northern America rank globally for cereals, primary — yield?
- Melanesia ranks 5th and Northern America ranks 2nd 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.