India vs Southern Asia: Areca nuts — Area harvested
Areca nuts — Area harvested over time
- India
- Southern Asia
How they compare
Southern Asia currently reports 1.01 million ha against 949,403 ha in India, a difference of 63,877 ha.
That makes Southern Asia's figure about 1.1 times India's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Southern Asia has been ahead every year.
India ranks 1st and Southern Asia ranks 2nd of 12 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 | 139,333 ha | 201,670 ha | 62,336 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1970s | 176,080 ha | 213,897 ha | 37,817 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1980s | 188,880 ha | 223,991 ha | 35,111 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1990s | 241,920 ha | 286,854 ha | 44,934 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2000s | 349,020 ha | 407,949 ha | 58,929 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2010s | 456,020 ha | 498,439 ha | 42,419 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2020s | 855,481 ha | 919,987 ha | 64,507 ha | Southern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher areca nuts — area harvested, India or Southern Asia?
- Southern Asia, at 1.01 million ha against 949,403 ha in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in areca nuts — area harvested between India and Southern Asia?
- 63,877 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 areca nuts — area harvested?
- India ranks 1st and Southern Asia ranks 2nd 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.