Melanesia vs Türkiye: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- Türkiye
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 279,372 ha against 195,767 ha in Türkiye, a difference of 83,605 ha.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 1.4 times Türkiye's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Türkiye ahead.
Melanesia ranks 9th and Türkiye ranks 11th of 20 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Melanesia averaged higher in 4 and Türkiye in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Türkiye | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 148,921 ha | 146,710 ha | 2,211 ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 165,639 ha | 175,817 ha | 10,178 ha | Türkiye |
| 1980s | 187,965 ha | 189,779 ha | 1,814 ha | Türkiye |
| 1990s | 197,558 ha | 201,157 ha | 3,599 ha | Türkiye |
| 2000s | 231,137 ha | 172,600 ha | 58,538 ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 263,277 ha | 142,254 ha | 121,023 ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 279,246 ha | 154,449 ha | 124,797 ha | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Melanesia or Türkiye?
- Melanesia, at 279,372 ha against 195,767 ha in Türkiye as of 2024.
- What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Melanesia and Türkiye?
- 83,605 ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Türkiye?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Türkiye rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 9th and Türkiye ranks 11th of 20 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.