Melanesia vs Portugal: Yams — Yield
Yams — Yield over time
- Melanesia
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 17,138 kg/ha against 15,303 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 1,835 kg/ha.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Melanesia ahead.
Melanesia ranks 13th and Portugal ranks 10th of 67 regions.
Across the 6 decades both report, Melanesia averaged higher in 4 and Portugal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,843 kg/ha | 7,970 kg/ha | 4,873 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 13,591 kg/ha | 8,704 kg/ha | 4,887 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 14,127 kg/ha | 10,065 kg/ha | 4,062 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 14,210 kg/ha | 11,138 kg/ha | 3,072 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 14,206 kg/ha | 15,767 kg/ha | 1,561 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 2010s | 15,166 kg/ha | 16,941 kg/ha | 1,775 kg/ha | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — yield, Melanesia or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 17,138 kg/ha against 15,303 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2017.
- What is the difference in yams — yield between Melanesia and Portugal?
- 1,835 kg/ha, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Portugal?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
- How do Melanesia and Portugal rank globally for yams — yield?
- Melanesia ranks 13th and Portugal ranks 10th of 67 regions.
- 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.