Americas vs Melanesia: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested over time
- Americas
- Melanesia
How they compare
Americas currently reports 328,515 ha against 9,587 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 318,928 ha.
That makes Americas's figure about 34.3 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Melanesia ahead.
Americas ranks 9th and Melanesia ranks 8th of 15 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Americas averaged higher in 5 and Melanesia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 9,992 ha | 9,992 ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 237.9 ha | 9,892 ha | 9,654 ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 48,930 ha | 8,990 ha | 39,940 ha | Americas |
| 1990s | 96,828 ha | 9,767 ha | 87,061 ha | Americas |
| 2000s | 209,289 ha | 10,410 ha | 198,879 ha | Americas |
| 2010s | 286,066 ha | 11,576 ha | 274,490 ha | Americas |
| 2020s | 343,335 ha | 9,499 ha | 333,836 ha | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested, Americas or Melanesia?
- Americas, at 328,515 ha against 9,587 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested between Americas and Melanesia?
- 318,928 ha, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and Melanesia rank globally for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 9th and Melanesia ranks 8th of 15 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Natural rubber in primary forms — 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.