Africa vs Indonesia: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Indonesia
How they compare
Africa currently reports 4.48 million ha against 439,322 ha in Indonesia, a difference of 4.04 million ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 10.2 times Indonesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 2nd and Indonesia ranks 4th of 15 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Indonesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 427,322 ha | 0 ha | 427,322 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 567,921 ha | 36,980 ha | 530,941 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 304,280 ha | 135,388 ha | 168,892 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 647,950 ha | 280,716 ha | 367,235 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 1.75 million ha | 571,532 ha | 1.18 million ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 3.19 million ha | 532,597 ha | 2.66 million ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 3.86 million ha | 455,377 ha | 3.40 million ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested, Africa or Indonesia?
- Africa, at 4.48 million ha against 439,322 ha in Indonesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested between Africa and Indonesia?
- 4.04 million ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Indonesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Indonesia rank globally for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 2nd and Indonesia ranks 4th of 15 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cashew nuts, in shell — 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.