Melanesia vs Saudi Arabia: Rice — Yield
Rice — Yield over time
- Melanesia
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 2,575 kg/ha against 2,404 kg/ha in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 171 kg/ha.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 1.1 times Saudi Arabia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.
Melanesia ranks 91st and Saudi Arabia ranks 94th of 127 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Melanesia averaged higher in 4 and Saudi Arabia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,840 kg/ha | 2,971 kg/ha | 1,131 kg/ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 1970s | 2,148 kg/ha | 1,645 kg/ha | 503.89 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 2,498 kg/ha | 1,467 kg/ha | 1,031 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 2,624 kg/ha | 1,071 kg/ha | 1,553 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 2,961 kg/ha | 2,378 kg/ha | 582.84 kg/ha | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — yield, Melanesia or Saudi Arabia?
- Melanesia, at 2,575 kg/ha against 2,404 kg/ha in Saudi Arabia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — yield between Melanesia and Saudi Arabia?
- 171 kg/ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Saudi Arabia?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Saudi Arabia rank globally for rice — yield?
- Melanesia ranks 91st and Saudi Arabia ranks 94th of 127 countries.
- 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.