Cameroon vs Melanesia: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Cameroon
- Melanesia
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 740,000 ha against 1,136 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 738,864 ha.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 651.4 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Cameroon has been ahead every year.
Cameroon ranks 15th and Melanesia ranks 12th of 120 countries.
Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 315,000 ha | 464.78 ha | 314,535 ha | Cameroon |
| 1970s | 337,100 ha | 1,241 ha | 335,859 ha | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 423,264 ha | 990.6 ha | 422,273 ha | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 460,147 ha | 787.9 ha | 459,359 ha | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 515,458 ha | 1,187 ha | 514,272 ha | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 796,010 ha | 1,334 ha | 794,676 ha | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 740,000 ha | 1,130 ha | 738,870 ha | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Cameroon or Melanesia?
- Cameroon, at 740,000 ha against 1,136 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Cameroon and Melanesia?
- 738,864 ha, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Melanesia rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 15th 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.