Melanesia vs South-Eastern Asia: Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- South-Eastern Asia
How they compare
South-Eastern Asia currently reports 7.02 million ha against 309,584 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 6.71 million ha.
That makes South-Eastern Asia's figure about 22.7 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South-Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 4th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 2nd of 12 regions.
South-Eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | South-Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 352,381 ha | 3.21 million ha | 2.86 million ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 1970s | 355,350 ha | 4.49 million ha | 4.14 million ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 1980s | 374,544 ha | 6.01 million ha | 5.64 million ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 430,188 ha | 6.41 million ha | 5.98 million ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 404,540 ha | 6.64 million ha | 6.23 million ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 376,581 ha | 7.00 million ha | 6.62 million ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 308,255 ha | 6.91 million ha | 6.60 million ha | South-Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coconuts, in shell — area harvested, Melanesia or South-Eastern Asia?
- South-Eastern Asia, at 7.02 million ha against 309,584 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in coconuts, in shell — area harvested between Melanesia and South-Eastern Asia?
- 6.71 million ha, with South-Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and South-Eastern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and South-Eastern Asia rank globally for coconuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 4th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 2nd of 12 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
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.