Melanesia vs South America: Tomatoes — Yield
Tomatoes — Yield over time
- Melanesia
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 62,811 kg/ha against 8,430 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 54,381 kg/ha.
That makes South America's figure about 7.5 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 13th and South America ranks 10th of 17 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,449 kg/ha | 15,597 kg/ha | 12,148 kg/ha | South America |
| 1970s | 2,823 kg/ha | 18,828 kg/ha | 16,005 kg/ha | South America |
| 1980s | 4,414 kg/ha | 25,810 kg/ha | 21,396 kg/ha | South America |
| 1990s | 7,089 kg/ha | 33,780 kg/ha | 26,691 kg/ha | South America |
| 2000s | 9,136 kg/ha | 45,718 kg/ha | 36,582 kg/ha | South America |
| 2010s | 5,469 kg/ha | 54,768 kg/ha | 49,299 kg/ha | South America |
| 2020s | 7,853 kg/ha | 60,422 kg/ha | 52,569 kg/ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tomatoes — yield, Melanesia or South America?
- South America, at 62,811 kg/ha against 8,430 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tomatoes — yield between Melanesia and South America?
- 54,381 kg/ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and South America rank globally for tomatoes — yield?
- Melanesia ranks 13th and South America ranks 10th of 17 countries.
- 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.