Benin vs Melanesia: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested over time
- Benin
- Melanesia
How they compare
Benin currently reports 1.48 million ha against 623,071 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 858,509 ha.
That makes Benin's figure about 2.4 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Melanesia ahead.
Benin ranks 27th and Melanesia ranks 9th of 184 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 2 and Melanesia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 150,592 ha | 355,722 ha | 205,129 ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 160,999 ha | 365,267 ha | 204,268 ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 189,955 ha | 412,493 ha | 222,538 ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 400,386 ha | 498,183 ha | 97,797 ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 467,016 ha | 508,415 ha | 41,399 ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 753,019 ha | 571,551 ha | 181,468 ha | Benin |
| 2020s | 1.22 million ha | 602,086 ha | 615,748 ha | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested, Benin or Melanesia?
- Benin, at 1.48 million ha against 623,071 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested between Benin and Melanesia?
- 858,509 ha, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Melanesia rank globally for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 27th and Melanesia ranks 9th of 184 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.