Fiji vs Melanesia: Yams — Yield
Yams — Yield over time
- Fiji
- Melanesia
How they compare
Fiji currently reports 20,000 kg/ha against 15,303 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 4,697 kg/ha.
That makes Fiji's figure about 1.3 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Melanesia ahead.
Fiji ranks 4th and Melanesia ranks 2nd of 61 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Fiji averaged higher in 2 and Melanesia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Fiji | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 774.19 kg/ha | 12,843 kg/ha | 12,068 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 3,349 kg/ha | 13,591 kg/ha | 10,242 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 9,888 kg/ha | 14,127 kg/ha | 4,239 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 7,515 kg/ha | 14,210 kg/ha | 6,695 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 5,224 kg/ha | 14,206 kg/ha | 8,983 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 15,612 kg/ha | 15,194 kg/ha | 418.42 kg/ha | Fiji |
| 2020s | 19,600 kg/ha | 15,149 kg/ha | 4,451 kg/ha | Fiji |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — yield, Fiji or Melanesia?
- Fiji, at 20,000 kg/ha against 15,303 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — yield between Fiji and Melanesia?
- 4,697 kg/ha, with Fiji ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Fiji and Melanesia rank globally for yams — yield?
- Fiji ranks 4th and Melanesia ranks 2nd of 61 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Yams — 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.