Caribbean vs Melanesia: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Melanesia
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 31,364 ha against 28,734 ha in Caribbean, a difference of 2,630 ha.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 1.1 times Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Caribbean ahead.
Caribbean ranks 14th and Melanesia ranks 5th of 20 groups.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,375 ha | 12,272 ha | 25,102 ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 49,264 ha | 13,934 ha | 35,331 ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 53,409 ha | 16,358 ha | 37,051 ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 73,047 ha | 17,761 ha | 55,286 ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 76,544 ha | 22,994 ha | 53,550 ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 76,912 ha | 26,876 ha | 50,037 ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 34,210 ha | 30,497 ha | 3,713 ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Caribbean or Melanesia?
- Melanesia, at 31,364 ha against 28,734 ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Caribbean and Melanesia?
- 2,630 ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Melanesia rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 14th and Melanesia ranks 5th of 20 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Yams — 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.