Melanesia vs Middle Africa: Sugar cane — Yield
Sugar cane — Yield over time
- Melanesia
- Middle Africa
How they compare
Middle Africa currently reports 37,216 kg/ha against 34,696 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 2,520 kg/ha.
That makes Middle Africa's figure about 1.1 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Middle Africa ahead.
Melanesia ranks 14th and Middle Africa ranks 12th of 14 countries.
Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52,519 kg/ha | 36,841 kg/ha | 15,678 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 53,629 kg/ha | 24,312 kg/ha | 29,317 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 53,198 kg/ha | 19,963 kg/ha | 33,235 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 51,057 kg/ha | 27,875 kg/ha | 23,183 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 48,503 kg/ha | 34,598 kg/ha | 13,905 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 40,731 kg/ha | 39,059 kg/ha | 1,672 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 38,998 kg/ha | 38,860 kg/ha | 138.7 kg/ha | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — yield, Melanesia or Middle Africa?
- Middle Africa, at 37,216 kg/ha against 34,696 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — yield between Melanesia and Middle Africa?
- 2,520 kg/ha, with Middle Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Middle Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Middle Africa rank globally for sugar cane — yield?
- Melanesia ranks 14th and Middle Africa ranks 12th of 14 countries.
- 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.