Melanesia vs South Africa: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 38,975 ha against 25,110 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 13,865 ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.6 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 4th and South Africa ranks 6th of 9 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,444 ha | 16,111 ha | 8,668 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 10,200 ha | 18,800 ha | 8,600 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 15,160 ha | 25,200 ha | 10,040 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 19,680 ha | 28,684 ha | 9,004 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 22,250 ha | 32,696 ha | 10,446 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 23,622 ha | 35,923 ha | 12,301 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 24,860 ha | 39,415 ha | 14,555 ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher green corn (maize) — area harvested, Melanesia or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 38,975 ha against 25,110 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in green corn (maize) — area harvested between Melanesia and South Africa?
- 13,865 ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and South Africa rank globally for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 4th and South Africa ranks 6th of 9 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.