Melanesia vs Western Europe: Rice — Yield
Rice — Yield over time
- Melanesia
- Western Europe
How they compare
Western Europe currently reports 5,338 kg/ha against 2,575 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 2,763 kg/ha.
That makes Western Europe's figure about 2.1 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Europe ahead.
Melanesia ranks 12th and Western Europe ranks 14th of 18 countries.
Western Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,840 kg/ha | 3,906 kg/ha | 2,066 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 1970s | 2,148 kg/ha | 3,591 kg/ha | 1,442 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 1980s | 2,331 kg/ha | 4,881 kg/ha | 2,550 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 1990s | 2,277 kg/ha | 5,397 kg/ha | 3,120 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 2,528 kg/ha | 5,554 kg/ha | 3,026 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 2,652 kg/ha | 5,123 kg/ha | 2,472 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 2020s | 2,961 kg/ha | 5,381 kg/ha | 2,420 kg/ha | Western Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — yield, Melanesia or Western Europe?
- Western Europe, at 5,338 kg/ha against 2,575 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — yield between Melanesia and Western Europe?
- 2,763 kg/ha, with Western Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Western Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Western Europe rank globally for rice — yield?
- Melanesia ranks 12th and Western Europe ranks 14th of 18 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.