Central America vs Melanesia: Green corn (maize) β Production
Green corn (maize) β Production over time
- Central America
- Melanesia
How they compare
Central America currently reports 1.12 million t against 251,429 t in Melanesia, a difference of 868,011 t.
That makes Central America's figure about 4.5 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Melanesia ahead.
Central America ranks 10th and Melanesia ranks 4th of 26 groups.
Across the 5 decades both report, Central America averaged higher in 4 and Melanesia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 148,959 t | 151,600 t | 2,641 t | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 212,562 t | 196,840 t | 15,722 t | Central America |
| 2000s | 563,822 t | 222,500 t | 341,322 t | Central America |
| 2010s | 877,286 t | 236,588 t | 640,698 t | Central America |
| 2020s | 1.13 million t | 248,925 t | 883,883 t | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher green corn (maize) β production, Central America or Melanesia?
- Central America, at 1.12 million t against 251,429 t in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in green corn (maize) β production between Central America and Melanesia?
- 868,011 t, with Central America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Melanesia?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Central America and Melanesia rank globally for green corn (maize) β production?
- Central America ranks 10th and Melanesia ranks 4th of 26 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Green corn (maize) β Production. 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.