Central America vs Melanesia: Sugar cane — Yield
Sugar cane — Yield over time
- Central America
- Melanesia
How they compare
Central America currently reports 76,463 kg/ha against 34,696 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 41,767 kg/ha.
That makes Central America's figure about 2.2 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Central America ahead.
Central America ranks 11th and Melanesia ranks 14th of 25 groups.
Central America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 57,986 kg/ha | 52,519 kg/ha | 5,466 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1970s | 63,990 kg/ha | 53,629 kg/ha | 10,361 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1980s | 68,151 kg/ha | 53,198 kg/ha | 14,953 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1990s | 75,529 kg/ha | 51,057 kg/ha | 24,472 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 77,703 kg/ha | 48,503 kg/ha | 29,201 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 80,300 kg/ha | 40,731 kg/ha | 39,569 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 77,506 kg/ha | 38,998 kg/ha | 38,508 kg/ha | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — yield, Central America or Melanesia?
- Central America, at 76,463 kg/ha against 34,696 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — yield between Central America and Melanesia?
- 41,767 kg/ha, with Central America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Central America and Melanesia rank globally for sugar cane — yield?
- Central America ranks 11th and Melanesia ranks 14th of 25 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sugar cane — 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.