Caribbean vs Sri Lanka: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 15,747 ha against 8,608 ha in Caribbean, a difference of 7,139 ha.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.8 times Caribbean's.
Across all 40 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 13th and Sri Lanka ranks 17th of 15 groups.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5,000 ha | 27,500 ha | 22,500 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 5,580 ha | 22,588 ha | 17,008 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 6,068 ha | 22,436 ha | 16,368 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 7,135 ha | 20,402 ha | 13,267 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 8,531 ha | 15,312 ha | 6,781 ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested, Caribbean or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 15,747 ha against 8,608 ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested between Caribbean and Sri Lanka?
- 7,139 ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Sri Lanka?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Sri Lanka rank globally for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 13th and Sri Lanka ranks 17th 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.