Malaysia vs Sri Lanka: Areca nuts — Yield
Areca nuts — Yield over time
- Malaysia
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 3,768 kg/ha against 2,756 kg/ha in Malaysia, a difference of 1,012 kg/ha.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.4 times Malaysia's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Malaysia ranks 6th and Sri Lanka ranks 3rd of 12 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 1 and Sri Lanka in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malaysia | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,752 kg/ha | 1,814 kg/ha | 62.63 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 1,825 kg/ha | 1,961 kg/ha | 136.19 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 3,192 kg/ha | 2,451 kg/ha | 741.3 kg/ha | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 3,044 kg/ha | 3,882 kg/ha | 837.82 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher areca nuts — yield, Malaysia or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 3,768 kg/ha against 2,756 kg/ha in Malaysia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in areca nuts — yield between Malaysia and Sri Lanka?
- 1,012 kg/ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Sri Lanka?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Malaysia and Sri Lanka rank globally for areca nuts — yield?
- Malaysia ranks 6th and Sri Lanka ranks 3rd of 12 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Areca nuts — Yield. 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.