Eastern Africa vs Melanesia: Sorghum — Yield
Sorghum — Yield over time
- Eastern Africa
- Melanesia
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 4,424 kg/ha against 1,352 kg/ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 3,072 kg/ha.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 3.3 times Eastern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Melanesia has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 16th and Melanesia ranks 2nd of 27 groups.
Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 758.32 kg/ha | 1,266 kg/ha | 507.27 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 820.58 kg/ha | 1,705 kg/ha | 884.22 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 929.98 kg/ha | 1,853 kg/ha | 923.26 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 910.89 kg/ha | 2,789 kg/ha | 1,878 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 989.84 kg/ha | 3,226 kg/ha | 2,237 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 1,407 kg/ha | 3,653 kg/ha | 2,246 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 1,438 kg/ha | 4,455 kg/ha | 3,016 kg/ha | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — yield, Eastern Africa or Melanesia?
- Melanesia, at 4,424 kg/ha against 1,352 kg/ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — yield between Eastern Africa and Melanesia?
- 3,072 kg/ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Melanesia rank globally for sorghum — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 16th and Melanesia ranks 2nd of 27 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sorghum — 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.