Melanesia vs Middle Africa: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- Middle Africa
How they compare
Middle Africa currently reports 30,918 ha against 43 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 30,875 ha.
That makes Middle Africa's figure about 719.0 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Middle Africa has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 13th and Middle Africa ranks 10th of 14 countries.
Middle Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39.11 ha | 23,716 ha | 23,676 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1970s | 27.1 ha | 22,560 ha | 22,533 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1980s | 249.4 ha | 15,625 ha | 15,375 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1990s | 83.5 ha | 13,264 ha | 13,180 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2000s | 7.3 ha | 13,003 ha | 12,995 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2010s | 26.9 ha | 14,375 ha | 14,348 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2020s | 62 ha | 25,189 ha | 25,127 ha | Middle Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Melanesia or Middle Africa?
- Middle Africa, at 30,918 ha against 43 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Melanesia and Middle Africa?
- 30,875 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 wheat — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 13th and Middle Africa ranks 10th of 14 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Wheat — Area harvested. 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.