Eastern Africa vs Melanesia: Pineapples — Area harvested
Pineapples — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- Melanesia
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 69,883 ha against 2,154 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 67,729 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 32.4 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 12th and Melanesia ranks 11th of 24 groups.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,559 ha | 390 ha | 13,169 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 20,793 ha | 496.8 ha | 20,296 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 22,066 ha | 872.1 ha | 21,193 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 29,842 ha | 981.7 ha | 28,861 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 39,854 ha | 1,202 ha | 38,652 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 57,993 ha | 1,677 ha | 56,315 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 69,686 ha | 2,115 ha | 67,570 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pineapples — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Melanesia?
- Eastern Africa, at 69,883 ha against 2,154 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pineapples — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Melanesia?
- 67,729 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Melanesia rank globally for pineapples — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 12th 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.