France vs Melanesia: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested over time
- France
- Melanesia
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 25,110 ha against 20,568 ha in France, a difference of 4,542 ha.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 1.2 times France's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Melanesia ahead.
France ranks 12th and Melanesia ranks 4th of 53 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, France averaged higher in 2 and Melanesia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10,333 ha | 16,700 ha | 6,367 ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 21,521 ha | 19,680 ha | 1,841 ha | France |
| 2000s | 26,497 ha | 22,250 ha | 4,247 ha | France |
| 2010s | 20,002 ha | 23,622 ha | 3,620 ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 21,943 ha | 24,829 ha | 2,886 ha | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher green corn (maize) — area harvested, France or Melanesia?
- Melanesia, at 25,110 ha against 20,568 ha in France as of 2024.
- What is the difference in green corn (maize) — area harvested between France and Melanesia?
- 4,542 ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Melanesia?
- 37 years are reported by both, from 1987 to 2024.
- How do France and Melanesia rank globally for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- France ranks 12th and Melanesia ranks 4th of 53 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Green corn (maize) — 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.