Botswana vs Melanesia: Oranges — Area harvested
Oranges — Area harvested over time
- Botswana
- Melanesia
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 321 ha against 280 ha in Botswana, a difference of 41 ha.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Botswana ahead.
Botswana ranks 102nd and Melanesia ranks 100th of 147 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 4 and Melanesia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 193.33 ha | 18.44 ha | 174.89 ha | Botswana |
| 1970s | 93 ha | 21.3 ha | 71.7 ha | Botswana |
| 1980s | 128 ha | 45.5 ha | 82.5 ha | Botswana |
| 1990s | 98.1 ha | 130 ha | 31.9 ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 143 ha | 148.7 ha | 5.7 ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 142.8 ha | 155.2 ha | 12.4 ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 275.8 ha | 218.8 ha | 57 ha | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oranges — area harvested, Botswana or Melanesia?
- Melanesia, at 321 ha against 280 ha in Botswana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oranges — area harvested between Botswana and Melanesia?
- 41 ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and Melanesia rank globally for oranges — area harvested?
- Botswana ranks 102nd and Melanesia ranks 100th of 147 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oranges — 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.