Central America vs Melanesia: Oil palm fruit — Yield
Oil palm fruit — Yield over time
- Central America
- Melanesia
How they compare
Central America currently reports 14,575 kg/ha against 12,036 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 2,539 kg/ha.
That makes Central America's figure about 1.2 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Melanesia ahead.
Central America ranks 4th and Melanesia ranks 4th of 15 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Central America averaged higher in 3 and Melanesia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,322 kg/ha | 18,182 kg/ha | 5,860 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 10,703 kg/ha | 16,457 kg/ha | 5,754 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 12,360 kg/ha | 15,045 kg/ha | 2,685 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 15,202 kg/ha | 16,374 kg/ha | 1,172 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 15,468 kg/ha | 15,209 kg/ha | 259.17 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 14,665 kg/ha | 13,561 kg/ha | 1,104 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 14,576 kg/ha | 12,310 kg/ha | 2,267 kg/ha | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — yield, Central America or Melanesia?
- Central America, at 14,575 kg/ha against 12,036 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — yield between Central America and Melanesia?
- 2,539 kg/ha, with Central America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Central America and Melanesia rank globally for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Central America ranks 4th and Melanesia ranks 4th of 15 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.