India vs Southern Asia: Apples — Area harvested
Apples — Area harvested over time
- India
- Southern Asia
How they compare
Southern Asia currently reports 532,399 ha against 304,130 ha in India, a difference of 228,269 ha.
That makes Southern Asia's figure about 1.8 times India's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Southern Asia has been ahead every year.
India ranks 4th and Southern Asia ranks 5th of 96 countries.
Southern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Southern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,089 ha | 61,624 ha | 27,535 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1970s | 106,673 ha | 172,373 ha | 65,700 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1980s | 164,847 ha | 301,408 ha | 136,562 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1990s | 207,513 ha | 396,700 ha | 189,186 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2000s | 240,850 ha | 503,746 ha | 262,896 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2010s | 302,894 ha | 593,984 ha | 291,090 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2020s | 309,226 ha | 536,282 ha | 227,056 ha | Southern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher apples — area harvested, India or Southern Asia?
- Southern Asia, at 532,399 ha against 304,130 ha in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in apples — area harvested between India and Southern Asia?
- 228,269 ha, with Southern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Southern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do India and Southern Asia rank globally for apples — area harvested?
- India ranks 4th and Southern Asia ranks 5th of 96 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Apples — Area harvested. 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.