Asia vs Melanesia: Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value

Asia
1,323 1000 USD
in 2009
Melanesia
4,106 1000 USD
in 2008
Asia rank
11th
Melanesia rank
8th

Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value over time

  • Asia
  • Melanesia
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How they compare

Melanesia currently reports 4,106 1000 USD against 1,323 1000 USD in Asia, a difference of 2,783 1000 USD.

That makes Melanesia's figure about 3.1 times Asia's.

Across all 43 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.

Asia ranks 11th and Melanesia ranks 8th of 17 groups.

Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Asia Melanesia Difference Ahead
1960s 19,734 1000 USD 410.75 1000 USD 19,323 1000 USD Asia
1970s 44,705 1000 USD 672.9 1000 USD 44,032 1000 USD Asia
1980s 118,396 1000 USD 1,567 1000 USD 116,830 1000 USD Asia
1990s 176,989 1000 USD 1,390 1000 USD 175,599 1000 USD Asia
2000s 330,479 1000 USD 2,317 1000 USD 328,162 1000 USD Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher soil working equipment (trade) — import value, Asia or Melanesia?
Melanesia, at 4,106 1000 USD against 1,323 1000 USD in Asia as of 2008.
What is the difference in soil working equipment (trade) — import value between Asia and Melanesia?
2,783 1000 USD, with Melanesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Melanesia?
43 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2008.
How do Asia and Melanesia rank globally for soil working equipment (trade) — import value?
Asia ranks 11th and Melanesia ranks 8th of 17 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value
Unit
1000 USD
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
239 places, 8,281 data points, 1961–2009
Last refreshed

Important notice: FAOSTAT database on Agriculture Machinery is no longer active. The latest online version of the database has as reference year 2009 (with data collected in year 2011). FAOSTAT database on Agriculture Machinery provides statistical series on Agricultural Machinery and Equipment statistical series referring to the following items: tractors, harvesters and threshers, irrigation pumps, milking machines, hand tools, and soil machines. The database includes estimates of agriculture machinery in use and value of import and export of agriculture machinery.