Americas vs Melanesia: Watermelons — Yield
Watermelons — Yield over time
- Americas
- Melanesia
How they compare
Americas currently reports 28,748 kg/ha against 11,652 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 17,096 kg/ha.
That makes Americas's figure about 2.5 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Melanesia ahead.
Americas ranks 12th and Melanesia ranks 13th of 27 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Americas averaged higher in 4 and Melanesia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,780 kg/ha | 19,712 kg/ha | 11,932 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 9,366 kg/ha | 19,846 kg/ha | 10,481 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 10,669 kg/ha | 19,507 kg/ha | 8,838 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 14,160 kg/ha | 12,577 kg/ha | 1,583 kg/ha | Americas |
| 2000s | 20,548 kg/ha | 11,831 kg/ha | 8,717 kg/ha | Americas |
| 2010s | 24,689 kg/ha | 13,797 kg/ha | 10,892 kg/ha | Americas |
| 2020s | 27,413 kg/ha | 12,758 kg/ha | 14,655 kg/ha | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — yield, Americas or Melanesia?
- Americas, at 28,748 kg/ha against 11,652 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — yield between Americas and Melanesia?
- 17,096 kg/ha, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and Melanesia rank globally for watermelons — yield?
- Americas ranks 12th and Melanesia ranks 13th of 27 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Watermelons — 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.