Melanesia vs Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
How they compare
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) currently reports 1.20 million ha against 623,071 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 577,859 ha.
That makes Small Island Developing States (SIDS)'s figure about 1.9 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Small Island Developing States (SIDS) has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 9th and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) ranks 7th of 20 countries.
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Small Island Developing States (SIDS) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 355,722 ha | 835,720 ha | 479,999 ha | Small Island Developing States (SIDS) |
| 1970s | 365,267 ha | 838,042 ha | 472,775 ha | Small Island Developing States (SIDS) |
| 1980s | 412,493 ha | 907,382 ha | 494,889 ha | Small Island Developing States (SIDS) |
| 1990s | 498,183 ha | 948,493 ha | 450,310 ha | Small Island Developing States (SIDS) |
| 2000s | 508,415 ha | 957,683 ha | 449,268 ha | Small Island Developing States (SIDS) |
| 2010s | 571,551 ha | 1.01 million ha | 443,366 ha | Small Island Developing States (SIDS) |
| 2020s | 602,086 ha | 1.13 million ha | 529,214 ha | Small Island Developing States (SIDS) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested, Melanesia or Small Island Developing States (SIDS)?
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS), at 1.20 million ha against 623,071 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested between Melanesia and Small Island Developing States (SIDS)?
- 577,859 ha, with Small Island Developing States (SIDS) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Small Island Developing States (SIDS)?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) rank globally for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 9th and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) ranks 7th of 20 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.