Bangladesh vs China: Areca nuts — Area harvested
Areca nuts — Area harvested over time
- Bangladesh
- China
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 39,657 ha against 36,184 ha in China, a difference of 3,473 ha.
That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.1 times China's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 4th and China ranks 5th of 12 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 5 and China in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 62,333 ha | 956.44 ha | 61,377 ha | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 37,812 ha | 1,533 ha | 36,279 ha | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 35,101 ha | 7,794 ha | 27,306 ha | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 39,945 ha | 38,650 ha | 1,296 ha | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 46,309 ha | 50,172 ha | 3,863 ha | China |
| 2010s | 20,929 ha | 43,717 ha | 22,788 ha | China |
| 2020s | 40,780 ha | 38,120 ha | 2,660 ha | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher areca nuts — area harvested, Bangladesh or China?
- Bangladesh, at 39,657 ha against 36,184 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in areca nuts — area harvested between Bangladesh and China?
- 3,473 ha, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Bangladesh and China rank globally for areca nuts — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 4th and China ranks 5th of 12 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Areca nuts — 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.