Central America vs Melanesia: Tomatoes — Yield
Tomatoes — Yield over time
- Central America
- Melanesia
How they compare
Central America currently reports 50,692 kg/ha against 8,430 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 42,262 kg/ha.
That makes Central America's figure about 6.0 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Central America has been ahead every year.
Central America ranks 14th and Melanesia ranks 13th of 29 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 | 9,174 kg/ha | 3,449 kg/ha | 5,724 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1970s | 14,346 kg/ha | 2,823 kg/ha | 11,522 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1980s | 19,970 kg/ha | 4,414 kg/ha | 15,556 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1990s | 20,775 kg/ha | 7,089 kg/ha | 13,686 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 24,966 kg/ha | 9,136 kg/ha | 15,830 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 39,642 kg/ha | 5,469 kg/ha | 34,173 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 48,800 kg/ha | 7,853 kg/ha | 40,947 kg/ha | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tomatoes — yield, Central America or Melanesia?
- Central America, at 50,692 kg/ha against 8,430 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tomatoes — yield between Central America and Melanesia?
- 42,262 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 tomatoes — yield?
- Central America ranks 14th and Melanesia ranks 13th of 29 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Tomatoes — 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.