Least Developed Countries (LDCs) vs Melanesia: Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested

Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
509,766 ha
in 2024
Melanesia
309,584 ha
in 2024
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank
6th
Melanesia rank
9th

Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested over time

  • Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
  • Melanesia
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How they compare

Least Developed Countries (LDCs) currently reports 509,766 ha against 309,584 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 200,182 ha.

That makes Least Developed Countries (LDCs)'s figure about 1.6 times Melanesia's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Least Developed Countries (LDCs) has been ahead every year.

Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 6th and Melanesia ranks 9th of 28 regions.

Least Developed Countries (LDCs) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Melanesia Difference Ahead
1960s 455,165 ha 352,381 ha 102,785 ha Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
1970s 510,498 ha 355,350 ha 155,148 ha Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
1980s 602,502 ha 374,544 ha 227,959 ha Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
1990s 695,620 ha 430,188 ha 265,432 ha Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
2000s 864,894 ha 404,540 ha 460,354 ha Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
2010s 676,184 ha 376,581 ha 299,603 ha Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
2020s 513,396 ha 308,255 ha 205,141 ha Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher coconuts, in shell — area harvested, Least Developed Countries (LDCs) or Melanesia?
Least Developed Countries (LDCs), at 509,766 ha against 309,584 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
What is the difference in coconuts, in shell — area harvested between Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Melanesia?
200,182 ha, with Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Melanesia?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Melanesia rank globally for coconuts, in shell — area harvested?
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 6th and Melanesia ranks 9th of 28 regions.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
117 places, 6,263 data points, 1961–2024
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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.