Melanesia vs Polynesia: Goats — Stocks
Goats — Stocks over time
- Melanesia
- Polynesia
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 298,799 An against 34,544 An in Polynesia, a difference of 264,255 An.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 8.6 times Polynesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Melanesia has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 15th and Polynesia ranks 18th of 20 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 | 205,963 An | 15,219 An | 190,744 An | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 148,760 An | 20,569 An | 128,191 An | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 199,813 An | 29,873 An | 169,940 An | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 233,151 An | 34,142 An | 199,009 An | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 274,896 An | 30,954 An | 243,941 An | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 279,688 An | 34,264 An | 245,424 An | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 293,271 An | 34,607 An | 258,664 An | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goats — stocks, Melanesia or Polynesia?
- Melanesia, at 298,799 An against 34,544 An in Polynesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in goats — stocks between Melanesia and Polynesia?
- 264,255 An, 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 goats — stocks?
- Melanesia ranks 15th and Polynesia ranks 18th of 20 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Goats — Stocks. 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.