Central America vs Melanesia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield over time
- Central America
- Melanesia
How they compare
Central America currently reports 22,339 kg/ha against 8,699 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 13,640 kg/ha.
That makes Central America's figure about 2.6 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Melanesia ahead.
Central America ranks 12th and Melanesia ranks 9th 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 | 7,822 kg/ha | 7,085 kg/ha | 737.34 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1970s | 9,784 kg/ha | 7,282 kg/ha | 2,501 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1980s | 11,814 kg/ha | 7,488 kg/ha | 4,327 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1990s | 15,907 kg/ha | 7,472 kg/ha | 8,435 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 18,622 kg/ha | 7,948 kg/ha | 10,674 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 19,205 kg/ha | 8,316 kg/ha | 10,890 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 21,529 kg/ha | 8,543 kg/ha | 12,986 kg/ha | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher roots and tubers, total — yield, Central America or Melanesia?
- Central America, at 22,339 kg/ha against 8,699 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — yield between Central America and Melanesia?
- 13,640 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 roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Central America ranks 12th and Melanesia ranks 9th of 29 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.