Melanesia vs New Caledonia: Maize (corn) — Yield
Maize (corn) — Yield over time
- Melanesia
- New Caledonia
How they compare
New Caledonia currently reports 12,449 kg/ha against 4,499 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 7,950 kg/ha.
That makes New Caledonia's figure about 2.8 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was New Caledonia ahead.
Melanesia ranks 7th and New Caledonia ranks 7th of 19 countries.
New Caledonia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | New Caledonia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,327 kg/ha | 1,638 kg/ha | 311.46 kg/ha | New Caledonia |
| 1970s | 1,232 kg/ha | 2,590 kg/ha | 1,358 kg/ha | New Caledonia |
| 1980s | 1,475 kg/ha | 2,477 kg/ha | 1,002 kg/ha | New Caledonia |
| 1990s | 2,195 kg/ha | 3,860 kg/ha | 1,665 kg/ha | New Caledonia |
| 2000s | 3,052 kg/ha | 3,961 kg/ha | 908.63 kg/ha | New Caledonia |
| 2010s | 4,028 kg/ha | 6,562 kg/ha | 2,534 kg/ha | New Caledonia |
| 2020s | 4,425 kg/ha | 11,121 kg/ha | 6,696 kg/ha | New Caledonia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — yield, Melanesia or New Caledonia?
- New Caledonia, at 12,449 kg/ha against 4,499 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — yield between Melanesia and New Caledonia?
- 7,950 kg/ha, with New Caledonia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and New Caledonia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and New Caledonia rank globally for maize (corn) — yield?
- Melanesia ranks 7th and New Caledonia ranks 7th of 19 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Maize (corn) — Yield. 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.