Melanesia vs South Africa: Lemons and limes — Area harvested
Lemons and limes — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 34,289 ha against 359 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 33,930 ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 95.5 times Melanesia's.
Across all 45 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 14th and South Africa ranks 11th of 14 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 23 ha | 2,950 ha | 2,927 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 33 ha | 4,010 ha | 3,977 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 51.9 ha | 9,731 ha | 9,679 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 174.5 ha | 16,322 ha | 16,148 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 313.4 ha | 33,726 ha | 33,413 ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lemons and limes — area harvested, Melanesia or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 34,289 ha against 359 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lemons and limes — area harvested between Melanesia and South Africa?
- 33,930 ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and South Africa?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and South Africa rank globally for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 14th and South Africa ranks 11th of 14 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.