China vs South-Eastern Asia: Areca nuts — Area harvested
Areca nuts — Area harvested over time
- China
- South-Eastern Asia
How they compare
South-Eastern Asia currently reports 271,972 ha against 36,184 ha in China, a difference of 235,788 ha.
That makes South-Eastern Asia's figure about 7.5 times China's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South-Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.
China ranks 5th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 3rd of 12 countries.
South-Eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | South-Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 956.44 ha | 90,803 ha | 89,846 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 1970s | 1,533 ha | 107,774 ha | 106,242 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 1980s | 7,794 ha | 122,320 ha | 114,525 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 38,650 ha | 124,578 ha | 85,929 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 50,172 ha | 180,812 ha | 130,640 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 43,717 ha | 233,784 ha | 190,067 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 38,120 ha | 266,634 ha | 228,515 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher areca nuts — area harvested, China or South-Eastern Asia?
- South-Eastern Asia, at 271,972 ha against 36,184 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in areca nuts — area harvested between China and South-Eastern Asia?
- 235,788 ha, with South-Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and South-Eastern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and South-Eastern Asia rank globally for areca nuts — area harvested?
- China ranks 5th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 3rd 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.