Melanesia vs United Republic of Tanzania: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- United Republic of Tanzania
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 31,364 ha against 1,513 ha in United Republic of Tanzania, a difference of 29,851 ha.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 20.7 times United Republic of Tanzania's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Melanesia has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 5th and United Republic of Tanzania ranks 8th of 9 countries.
Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | United Republic of Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,272 ha | 811.11 ha | 11,461 ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 13,934 ha | 1,110 ha | 12,824 ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 16,358 ha | 1,565 ha | 14,793 ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 17,761 ha | 1,756 ha | 16,006 ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 22,994 ha | 1,482 ha | 21,512 ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 26,876 ha | 1,539 ha | 25,337 ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 30,497 ha | 1,512 ha | 28,985 ha | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Melanesia or United Republic of Tanzania?
- Melanesia, at 31,364 ha against 1,513 ha in United Republic of Tanzania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Melanesia and United Republic of Tanzania?
- 29,851 ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and United Republic of Tanzania?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and United Republic of Tanzania rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 5th and United Republic of Tanzania ranks 8th 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.