Melanesia vs Western Asia: Sorghum — Yield
Sorghum — Yield over time
- Melanesia
- Western Asia
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 4,424 kg/ha against 1,488 kg/ha in Western Asia, a difference of 2,936 kg/ha.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 3.0 times Western Asia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Melanesia has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 2nd and Western Asia ranks 14th of 15 regions.
Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,266 kg/ha | 799.41 kg/ha | 466.18 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 1,705 kg/ha | 733 kg/ha | 971.8 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 1,853 kg/ha | 769.23 kg/ha | 1,084 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 2,789 kg/ha | 1,009 kg/ha | 1,780 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 3,226 kg/ha | 1,132 kg/ha | 2,094 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 3,653 kg/ha | 1,137 kg/ha | 2,516 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 4,455 kg/ha | 1,436 kg/ha | 3,019 kg/ha | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — yield, Melanesia or Western Asia?
- Melanesia, at 4,424 kg/ha against 1,488 kg/ha in Western Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — yield between Melanesia and Western Asia?
- 2,936 kg/ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Western Asia rank globally for sorghum — yield?
- Melanesia ranks 2nd and Western Asia ranks 14th of 15 regions.
- 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.