Australia and New Zealand vs Melanesia: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Australia and New Zealand
- Melanesia
How they compare
Australia and New Zealand currently reports 774,646 ha against 1,136 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 773,510 ha.
That makes Australia and New Zealand's figure about 681.9 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Australia and New Zealand has been ahead every year.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 13th and Melanesia ranks 12th of 120 countries.
Australia and New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia and New Zealand | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 163,508 ha | 464.78 ha | 163,043 ha | Australia and New Zealand |
| 1970s | 519,610 ha | 1,241 ha | 518,369 ha | Australia and New Zealand |
| 1980s | 690,778 ha | 990.6 ha | 689,788 ha | Australia and New Zealand |
| 1990s | 534,761 ha | 787.9 ha | 533,973 ha | Australia and New Zealand |
| 2000s | 744,731 ha | 1,187 ha | 743,544 ha | Australia and New Zealand |
| 2010s | 560,346 ha | 1,334 ha | 559,012 ha | Australia and New Zealand |
| 2020s | 575,262 ha | 1,130 ha | 574,132 ha | Australia and New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Australia and New Zealand or Melanesia?
- Australia and New Zealand, at 774,646 ha against 1,136 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Australia and New Zealand and Melanesia?
- 773,510 ha, with Australia and New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and New Zealand and Melanesia rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 13th and Melanesia ranks 12th of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sorghum — 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.