Melanesia vs World: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- World
How they compare
World currently reports 1.07 million ha against 25,110 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 1.05 million ha.
That makes World's figure about 42.8 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, World has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 4th and World ranks 1st of 9 countries.
World has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,444 ha | 788,997 ha | 781,554 ha | World |
| 1970s | 10,200 ha | 787,472 ha | 777,272 ha | World |
| 1980s | 15,160 ha | 810,107 ha | 794,947 ha | World |
| 1990s | 19,680 ha | 1.01 million ha | 992,908 ha | World |
| 2000s | 22,250 ha | 1.11 million ha | 1.08 million ha | World |
| 2010s | 23,622 ha | 1.14 million ha | 1.12 million ha | World |
| 2020s | 24,860 ha | 1.09 million ha | 1.06 million ha | World |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher green corn (maize) — area harvested, Melanesia or World?
- World, at 1.07 million ha against 25,110 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in green corn (maize) — area harvested between Melanesia and World?
- 1.05 million ha, with World ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and World?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and World rank globally for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 4th and World ranks 1st 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.