Eastern Africa vs Melanesia: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield over time
- Eastern Africa
- Melanesia
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 66,432 kg/ha against 34,696 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 31,736 kg/ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 1.9 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Africa ahead.
Eastern Africa ranks 17th and Melanesia ranks 15th of 29 groups.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 58,915 kg/ha | 52,519 kg/ha | 6,396 kg/ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 62,745 kg/ha | 53,629 kg/ha | 9,116 kg/ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 66,480 kg/ha | 53,198 kg/ha | 13,282 kg/ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 68,954 kg/ha | 51,057 kg/ha | 17,897 kg/ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 70,574 kg/ha | 48,503 kg/ha | 22,071 kg/ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 66,507 kg/ha | 40,731 kg/ha | 25,776 kg/ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 66,399 kg/ha | 38,998 kg/ha | 27,401 kg/ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar crops primary — yield, Eastern Africa or Melanesia?
- Eastern Africa, at 66,432 kg/ha against 34,696 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar crops primary — yield between Eastern Africa and Melanesia?
- 31,736 kg/ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Melanesia rank globally for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 17th and Melanesia ranks 15th of 29 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sugar Crops Primary — 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.