Brazil vs Eastern Africa: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 1.53 million ha against 450,237 ha in Brazil, a difference of 1.08 million ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 3.4 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Africa ahead.
Brazil ranks 3rd and Eastern Africa ranks 6th of 32 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 3 and Eastern Africa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 66,717 ha | 370,933 ha | 304,217 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 111,922 ha | 495,100 ha | 383,178 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 334,399 ha | 180,570 ha | 153,829 ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 639,368 ha | 161,586 ha | 477,782 ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 697,578 ha | 384,526 ha | 313,052 ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 611,531 ha | 669,993 ha | 58,462 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 434,016 ha | 1.05 million ha | 613,310 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested, Brazil or Eastern Africa?
- Eastern Africa, at 1.53 million ha against 450,237 ha in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested between Brazil and Eastern Africa?
- 1.08 million ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Eastern Africa rank globally for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 3rd and Eastern Africa ranks 6th of 32 countries.
- 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.