Central America vs Melanesia: Rice — Yield
Rice — Yield over time
- Central America
- Melanesia
How they compare
Central America currently reports 5,142 kg/ha against 2,575 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 2,567 kg/ha.
That makes Central America's figure about 2.0 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Melanesia ahead.
Central America ranks 15th and Melanesia ranks 12th of 27 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Central America averaged higher in 6 and Melanesia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,815 kg/ha | 1,840 kg/ha | 24.86 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 2,347 kg/ha | 2,148 kg/ha | 198.69 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1980s | 3,054 kg/ha | 2,331 kg/ha | 723.14 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1990s | 3,457 kg/ha | 2,277 kg/ha | 1,180 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 3,577 kg/ha | 2,528 kg/ha | 1,048 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 4,383 kg/ha | 2,652 kg/ha | 1,732 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 5,143 kg/ha | 2,961 kg/ha | 2,183 kg/ha | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — yield, Central America or Melanesia?
- Central America, at 5,142 kg/ha against 2,575 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — yield between Central America and Melanesia?
- 2,567 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 rice — yield?
- Central America ranks 15th and Melanesia ranks 12th of 27 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Rice — 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.