Central America vs Melanesia: Pineapples — Area harvested
Pineapples — Area harvested over time
- Central America
- Melanesia
How they compare
Central America currently reports 103,481 ha against 2,154 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 101,327 ha.
That makes Central America's figure about 48.0 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Central America has been ahead every year.
Central America ranks 10th and Melanesia ranks 11th of 24 groups.
Central America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,906 ha | 390 ha | 13,516 ha | Central America |
| 1970s | 17,663 ha | 496.8 ha | 17,166 ha | Central America |
| 1980s | 22,590 ha | 872.1 ha | 21,718 ha | Central America |
| 1990s | 27,855 ha | 981.7 ha | 26,874 ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 51,499 ha | 1,202 ha | 50,297 ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 81,263 ha | 1,677 ha | 79,586 ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 91,472 ha | 2,115 ha | 89,357 ha | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pineapples — area harvested, Central America or Melanesia?
- Central America, at 103,481 ha against 2,154 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pineapples — area harvested between Central America and Melanesia?
- 101,327 ha, with Central America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Central America and Melanesia rank globally for pineapples — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 10th and Melanesia ranks 11th of 24 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pineapples — 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.