Melanesia vs Middle Africa: Oil palm fruit — Yield
Oil palm fruit — Yield over time
- Melanesia
- Middle Africa
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 12,036 kg/ha against 9,533 kg/ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 2,503 kg/ha.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 1.3 times Middle Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Melanesia has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 4th and Middle Africa ranks 6th of 8 countries.
Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,182 kg/ha | 8,502 kg/ha | 9,679 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 16,457 kg/ha | 8,352 kg/ha | 8,105 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 15,045 kg/ha | 7,297 kg/ha | 7,748 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 16,374 kg/ha | 7,889 kg/ha | 8,485 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 15,209 kg/ha | 10,337 kg/ha | 4,872 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 13,561 kg/ha | 9,792 kg/ha | 3,770 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 12,310 kg/ha | 9,290 kg/ha | 3,019 kg/ha | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — yield, Melanesia or Middle Africa?
- Melanesia, at 12,036 kg/ha against 9,533 kg/ha in Middle Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — yield between Melanesia and Middle Africa?
- 2,503 kg/ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Middle Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Middle Africa rank globally for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Melanesia ranks 4th and Middle Africa ranks 6th of 8 countries.
- 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.