Caribbean vs Melanesia: Lemons and limes — Area harvested
Lemons and limes — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Melanesia
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 52,769 ha against 359 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 52,410 ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 147.0 times Melanesia's.
Across all 45 years both countries report, Caribbean has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 15th and Melanesia ranks 14th of 27 countries.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 11,052 ha | 23 ha | 11,029 ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 19,104 ha | 33 ha | 19,070 ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 14,233 ha | 51.9 ha | 14,181 ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 24,121 ha | 174.5 ha | 23,947 ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 41,888 ha | 313.4 ha | 41,575 ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lemons and limes — area harvested, Caribbean or Melanesia?
- Caribbean, at 52,769 ha against 359 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lemons and limes — area harvested between Caribbean and Melanesia?
- 52,410 ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Melanesia?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Melanesia rank globally for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 15th and Melanesia ranks 14th of 27 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Lemons and limes — 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.