Melanesia vs Southern Africa: Sugar cane — Yield
Sugar cane — Yield over time
- Melanesia
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Southern Africa currently reports 73,693 kg/ha against 34,696 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 38,997 kg/ha.
That makes Southern Africa's figure about 2.1 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.
Melanesia ranks 14th and Southern Africa ranks 13th of 14 countries.
Southern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52,519 kg/ha | 81,798 kg/ha | 29,279 kg/ha | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 53,629 kg/ha | 89,684 kg/ha | 36,055 kg/ha | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 53,198 kg/ha | 75,076 kg/ha | 21,878 kg/ha | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 51,057 kg/ha | 67,456 kg/ha | 16,398 kg/ha | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 48,503 kg/ha | 70,660 kg/ha | 22,158 kg/ha | Southern Africa |
| 2010s | 40,731 kg/ha | 71,355 kg/ha | 30,624 kg/ha | Southern Africa |
| 2020s | 38,998 kg/ha | 74,625 kg/ha | 35,626 kg/ha | Southern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — yield, Melanesia or Southern Africa?
- Southern Africa, at 73,693 kg/ha against 34,696 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — yield between Melanesia and Southern Africa?
- 38,997 kg/ha, with Southern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Southern Africa rank globally for sugar cane — yield?
- Melanesia ranks 14th and Southern Africa ranks 13th 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.