Asia vs Melanesia: Oil palm fruit — Yield
Oil palm fruit — Yield over time
- Asia
- Melanesia
How they compare
Asia currently reports 17,673 kg/ha against 12,036 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 5,637 kg/ha.
That makes Asia's figure about 1.5 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Melanesia ahead.
Asia ranks 1st and Melanesia ranks 4th of 8 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Asia averaged higher in 4 and Melanesia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,668 kg/ha | 18,182 kg/ha | 4,514 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 16,220 kg/ha | 16,457 kg/ha | 236.71 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 17,540 kg/ha | 15,045 kg/ha | 2,494 kg/ha | Asia |
| 1990s | 16,340 kg/ha | 16,374 kg/ha | 33.65 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 17,784 kg/ha | 15,209 kg/ha | 2,575 kg/ha | Asia |
| 2010s | 18,197 kg/ha | 13,561 kg/ha | 4,636 kg/ha | Asia |
| 2020s | 17,620 kg/ha | 12,310 kg/ha | 5,310 kg/ha | Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — yield, Asia or Melanesia?
- Asia, at 17,673 kg/ha against 12,036 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — yield between Asia and Melanesia?
- 5,637 kg/ha, with Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Asia and Melanesia rank globally for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Asia ranks 1st and Melanesia ranks 4th of 8 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oil palm fruit — 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.