Melanesia vs South Africa: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 40,599 ha against 382 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 40,217 ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 106.3 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 14th and South Africa ranks 11th of 15 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 | 31.89 ha | 8,167 ha | 8,135 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 24.7 ha | 11,400 ha | 11,375 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 26.1 ha | 15,650 ha | 15,624 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 162 ha | 20,252 ha | 20,090 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 261.9 ha | 17,515 ha | 17,253 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 363.9 ha | 30,781 ha | 30,417 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 382.6 ha | 36,385 ha | 36,002 ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested, Melanesia or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 40,599 ha against 382 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested between Melanesia and South Africa?
- 40,217 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 pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 14th and South Africa ranks 11th of 15 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.