Melanesia vs Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
How they compare
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) currently reports 2.16 million ha against 31,364 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 2.13 million ha.
That makes Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)'s figure about 68.9 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 5th and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th of 9 countries.
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,272 ha | 481,313 ha | 469,041 ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
| 1970s | 13,934 ha | 582,544 ha | 568,610 ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
| 1980s | 16,358 ha | 670,840 ha | 654,482 ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
| 1990s | 17,761 ha | 819,005 ha | 801,244 ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
| 2000s | 22,994 ha | 1.09 million ha | 1.07 million ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
| 2010s | 26,876 ha | 1.67 million ha | 1.64 million ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
| 2020s | 30,497 ha | 2.10 million ha | 2.07 million ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Melanesia or Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), at 2.16 million ha against 31,364 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Melanesia and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- 2.13 million ha, with Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 5th and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th of 9 countries.
- 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.