Chad vs Melanesia: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested

Chad
1.50 million ha
in 2024
Melanesia
623,071 ha
in 2024
Chad rank
26th
Melanesia rank
9th

Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested over time

  • Chad
  • Melanesia
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How they compare

Chad currently reports 1.50 million ha against 623,071 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 877,369 ha.

That makes Chad's figure about 2.4 times Melanesia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 26th and Melanesia ranks 9th of 184 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 6 and Melanesia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chad Melanesia Difference Ahead
1960s 498,075 ha 355,722 ha 142,353 ha Chad
1970s 474,354 ha 365,267 ha 109,087 ha Chad
1980s 359,360 ha 412,493 ha 53,133 ha Melanesia
1990s 636,596 ha 498,183 ha 138,413 ha Chad
2000s 829,729 ha 508,415 ha 321,314 ha Chad
2010s 1.34 million ha 571,551 ha 764,898 ha Chad
2020s 1.44 million ha 602,086 ha 842,432 ha Chad

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested, Chad or Melanesia?
Chad, at 1.50 million ha against 623,071 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
What is the difference in oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested between Chad and Melanesia?
877,369 ha, with Chad ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Melanesia?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Chad and Melanesia rank globally for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
Chad ranks 26th 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

Indicator
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
233 places, 13,029 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.