Central America vs Melanesia: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield over time
- Central America
- Melanesia
How they compare
Central America currently reports 18,876 kg/ha against 5,579 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 13,297 kg/ha.
That makes Central America's figure about 3.4 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Central America ahead.
Central America ranks 12th and Melanesia ranks 14th of 29 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 | 9,962 kg/ha | 3,958 kg/ha | 6,004 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1970s | 10,015 kg/ha | 3,188 kg/ha | 6,828 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1980s | 9,436 kg/ha | 3,722 kg/ha | 5,715 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1990s | 11,566 kg/ha | 5,592 kg/ha | 5,973 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 15,031 kg/ha | 5,897 kg/ha | 9,134 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 17,640 kg/ha | 5,574 kg/ha | 12,066 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 19,346 kg/ha | 5,572 kg/ha | 13,774 kg/ha | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield, Central America or Melanesia?
- Central America, at 18,876 kg/ha against 5,579 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield between Central America and Melanesia?
- 13,297 kg/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 pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Central America ranks 12th and Melanesia ranks 14th of 29 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield. 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.