Bhutan vs Sri Lanka: Areca nuts — Area harvested
Areca nuts — Area harvested over time
- Bhutan
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 18,806 ha against 1,325 ha in Bhutan, a difference of 17,481 ha.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 14.2 times Bhutan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Bhutan ahead.
Bhutan ranks 10th and Sri Lanka ranks 8th of 12 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 521.6 ha | 2,991 ha | 2,470 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 512 ha | 10,106 ha | 9,594 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 1,046 ha | 17,048 ha | 16,002 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 1,594 ha | 18,358 ha | 16,763 ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher areca nuts — area harvested, Bhutan or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 18,806 ha against 1,325 ha in Bhutan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in areca nuts — area harvested between Bhutan and Sri Lanka?
- 17,481 ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Sri Lanka?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Bhutan and Sri Lanka rank globally for areca nuts — area harvested?
- Bhutan ranks 10th and Sri Lanka ranks 8th 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.