Australia vs Melanesia: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Melanesia
How they compare
Australia currently reports 340,590 ha against 47,271 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 293,319 ha.
That makes Australia's figure about 7.2 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 12th and Melanesia ranks 11th of 103 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 197,120 ha | 41,555 ha | 155,565 ha | Australia |
| 1970s | 253,400 ha | 48,966 ha | 204,434 ha | Australia |
| 1980s | 309,435 ha | 70,366 ha | 239,069 ha | Australia |
| 1990s | 365,100 ha | 77,238 ha | 287,862 ha | Australia |
| 2000s | 415,647 ha | 66,600 ha | 349,047 ha | Australia |
| 2010s | 385,628 ha | 51,004 ha | 334,624 ha | Australia |
| 2020s | 347,159 ha | 47,889 ha | 299,270 ha | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Australia or Melanesia?
- Australia, at 340,590 ha against 47,271 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Australia and Melanesia?
- 293,319 ha, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Melanesia rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 12th and Melanesia ranks 11th of 103 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sugar cane — 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.