Africa vs Caribbean: Avocados — Area harvested
Avocados — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Caribbean
How they compare
Africa currently reports 168,915 ha against 91,541 ha in Caribbean, a difference of 77,374 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 1.8 times Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Africa ahead.
Africa ranks 6th and Caribbean ranks 9th of 27 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Caribbean | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,975 ha | 1,770 ha | 12,205 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 20,722 ha | 1,761 ha | 18,961 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 27,953 ha | 14,763 ha | 13,190 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 37,205 ha | 14,275 ha | 22,930 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 59,711 ha | 26,968 ha | 32,743 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 99,840 ha | 68,695 ha | 31,144 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 155,840 ha | 76,397 ha | 79,443 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher avocados — area harvested, Africa or Caribbean?
- Africa, at 168,915 ha against 91,541 ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in avocados — area harvested between Africa and Caribbean?
- 77,374 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Caribbean?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Caribbean rank globally for avocados — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 6th and Caribbean ranks 9th of 27 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Avocados — 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.