Melanesia vs Polynesia: Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- Polynesia
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 309,584 ha against 55,586 ha in Polynesia, a difference of 253,998 ha.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 5.6 times Polynesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Melanesia has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 4th and Polynesia ranks 7th of 12 countries.
Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 352,381 ha | 80,170 ha | 272,211 ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 355,350 ha | 79,316 ha | 276,034 ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 374,544 ha | 77,950 ha | 296,594 ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 430,188 ha | 55,552 ha | 374,636 ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 404,540 ha | 58,526 ha | 346,014 ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 376,581 ha | 56,109 ha | 320,472 ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 308,255 ha | 55,457 ha | 252,798 ha | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coconuts, in shell — area harvested, Melanesia or Polynesia?
- Melanesia, at 309,584 ha against 55,586 ha in Polynesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in coconuts, in shell — area harvested between Melanesia and Polynesia?
- 253,998 ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Polynesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Polynesia rank globally for coconuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 4th and Polynesia ranks 7th of 12 countries.
- 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.
Individual pages
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.