Melanesia vs South Africa: Oranges — Area harvested
Oranges — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 36,403 ha against 321 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 36,082 ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 113.4 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 14th and South Africa ranks 15th of 16 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.44 ha | 25,222 ha | 25,204 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 21.3 ha | 27,000 ha | 26,979 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 45.5 ha | 28,850 ha | 28,804 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 130 ha | 38,716 ha | 38,586 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 148.7 ha | 44,715 ha | 44,567 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 155.2 ha | 41,410 ha | 41,255 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 218.8 ha | 36,381 ha | 36,162 ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oranges — area harvested, Melanesia or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 36,403 ha against 321 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oranges — area harvested between Melanesia and South Africa?
- 36,082 ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and South Africa rank globally for oranges — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 14th and South Africa ranks 15th of 16 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.