Melanesia vs Polynesia: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- Polynesia
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 47,271 ha against 41 ha in Polynesia, a difference of 47,230 ha.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 1,153.0 times Polynesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Melanesia has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 11th and Polynesia ranks 13th of 14 countries.
Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 41,555 ha | 18.33 ha | 41,537 ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 48,966 ha | 27.5 ha | 48,938 ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 70,366 ha | 36.1 ha | 70,330 ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 77,238 ha | 40.8 ha | 77,197 ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 66,600 ha | 41.4 ha | 66,559 ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 51,004 ha | 41.2 ha | 50,963 ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 47,889 ha | 41.2 ha | 47,848 ha | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Melanesia or Polynesia?
- Melanesia, at 47,271 ha against 41 ha in Polynesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Melanesia and Polynesia?
- 47,230 ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Polynesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Polynesia rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 11th and Polynesia ranks 13th of 14 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.