Melanesia vs Small island developing States (SIDS): Oil palm fruit — Area harvested
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- Small island developing States (SIDS)
How they compare
Small island developing States (SIDS) currently reports 347,237 ha against 309,937 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 37,300 ha.
That makes Small island developing States (SIDS)'s figure about 1.1 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Small island developing States (SIDS) has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 5th and Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 4th of 8 countries.
Small island developing States (SIDS) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Small island developing States (SIDS) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61.11 ha | 15,062 ha | 15,001 ha | Small island developing States (SIDS) |
| 1970s | 6,506 ha | 18,888 ha | 12,381 ha | Small island developing States (SIDS) |
| 1980s | 34,946 ha | 52,003 ha | 17,056 ha | Small island developing States (SIDS) |
| 1990s | 65,002 ha | 85,766 ha | 20,764 ha | Small island developing States (SIDS) |
| 2000s | 100,300 ha | 129,798 ha | 29,498 ha | Small island developing States (SIDS) |
| 2010s | 190,929 ha | 221,330 ha | 30,401 ha | Small island developing States (SIDS) |
| 2020s | 290,612 ha | 325,762 ha | 35,150 ha | Small island developing States (SIDS) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — area harvested, Melanesia or Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Small island developing States (SIDS), at 347,237 ha against 309,937 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — area harvested between Melanesia and Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- 37,300 ha, with Small island developing States (SIDS) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Small island developing States (SIDS) rank globally for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 5th and Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 4th of 8 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oil palm fruit — 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.