Melanesia vs Papua New Guinea: Oil palm fruit — Yield
Oil palm fruit — Yield over time
- Melanesia
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 12,460 kg/ha against 12,036 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 424 kg/ha.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Melanesia ahead.
Melanesia ranks 4th and Papua New Guinea ranks 19th of 8 groups.
Across the 6 decades both report, Melanesia averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16,265 kg/ha | 16,148 kg/ha | 117.38 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 15,045 kg/ha | 14,172 kg/ha | 873.04 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 16,374 kg/ha | 16,363 kg/ha | 11.24 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 15,209 kg/ha | 15,070 kg/ha | 138.41 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 13,561 kg/ha | 13,587 kg/ha | 25.35 kg/ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 12,310 kg/ha | 12,645 kg/ha | 335.24 kg/ha | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — yield, Melanesia or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 12,460 kg/ha against 12,036 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — yield between Melanesia and Papua New Guinea?
- 424 kg/ha, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Papua New Guinea?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Melanesia ranks 4th and Papua New Guinea ranks 19th 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.