Melanesia vs Northern Africa: Watermelons — Yield
Watermelons — Yield over time
- Melanesia
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 28,916 kg/ha against 11,652 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 17,264 kg/ha.
That makes Northern Africa'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.
Melanesia ranks 13th and Northern Africa ranks 11th of 16 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Melanesia averaged higher in 3 and Northern Africa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,712 kg/ha | 18,030 kg/ha | 1,682 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 19,846 kg/ha | 17,391 kg/ha | 2,456 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 19,507 kg/ha | 17,202 kg/ha | 2,306 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 12,577 kg/ha | 17,614 kg/ha | 5,037 kg/ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 11,831 kg/ha | 23,246 kg/ha | 11,414 kg/ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 13,797 kg/ha | 27,478 kg/ha | 13,681 kg/ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 12,758 kg/ha | 28,138 kg/ha | 15,380 kg/ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — yield, Melanesia or Northern Africa?
- Northern Africa, at 28,916 kg/ha against 11,652 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — yield between Melanesia and Northern Africa?
- 17,264 kg/ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Northern Africa rank globally for watermelons — yield?
- Melanesia ranks 13th and Northern Africa ranks 11th of 16 countries.
- 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.