Caribbean vs Melanesia: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Melanesia
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 415,713 ha against 47,271 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 368,442 ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 8.8 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Caribbean has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 13th and Melanesia ranks 11th of 25 countries.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.54 million ha | 41,555 ha | 1.49 million ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 1.69 million ha | 48,966 ha | 1.65 million ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 1.70 million ha | 70,366 ha | 1.63 million ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 1.59 million ha | 77,238 ha | 1.51 million ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 833,699 ha | 66,600 ha | 767,099 ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 578,185 ha | 51,004 ha | 527,181 ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 427,704 ha | 47,889 ha | 379,815 ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Caribbean or Melanesia?
- Caribbean, at 415,713 ha against 47,271 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Caribbean and Melanesia?
- 368,442 ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Melanesia rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 13th and Melanesia ranks 11th of 25 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.