Caribbean vs Melanesia: Coconuts - Incl Copra — Food supply
Coconuts - Incl Copra — Food supply over time
- Caribbean
- Melanesia
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 742,365 million Kcal against 485,520 million Kcal in Caribbean, a difference of 256,845 million Kcal.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 1.5 times Caribbean's.
Across all 14 years both countries report, Melanesia has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 11th and Melanesia ranks 9th of 193 countries.
Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 291,277 million Kcal | 725,554 million Kcal | 434,277 million Kcal | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 427,056 million Kcal | 685,570 million Kcal | 258,514 million Kcal | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coconuts - incl copra — food supply, Caribbean or Melanesia?
- Melanesia, at 742,365 million Kcal against 485,520 million Kcal in Caribbean as of 2023.
- What is the difference in coconuts - incl copra — food supply between Caribbean and Melanesia?
- 256,845 million Kcal, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Melanesia?
- 14 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2023.
- How do Caribbean and Melanesia rank globally for coconuts - incl copra — food supply?
- Caribbean ranks 11th and Melanesia ranks 9th of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Coconuts - Incl Copra — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.