Caribbean vs Melanesia: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Melanesia
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 52,702 ha against 382 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 52,320 ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 138.0 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Caribbean has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 16th and Melanesia ranks 14th of 29 countries.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,862 ha | 31.89 ha | 31,830 ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 25,528 ha | 24.7 ha | 25,503 ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 31,520 ha | 26.1 ha | 31,494 ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 37,984 ha | 162 ha | 37,822 ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 84,180 ha | 261.9 ha | 83,918 ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 68,328 ha | 363.9 ha | 67,965 ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 50,976 ha | 382.6 ha | 50,593 ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested, Caribbean or Melanesia?
- Caribbean, at 52,702 ha against 382 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested between Caribbean and Melanesia?
- 52,320 ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Melanesia rank globally for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 16th and Melanesia ranks 14th of 29 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pumpkins, squash and gourds — 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.