Eastern Asia vs Madagascar: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Asia
- Madagascar
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 15,866 ha against 206 ha in Eastern Asia, a difference of 15,660 ha.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 77.0 times Eastern Asia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Madagascar ahead.
Eastern Asia ranks 15th and Madagascar ranks 16th of 15 groups.
Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Asia | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 11,800 ha | 12,980 ha | 1,180 ha | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 4,220 ha | 15,410 ha | 11,190 ha | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 2,087 ha | 16,318 ha | 14,231 ha | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 296.1 ha | 15,538 ha | 15,242 ha | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 206 ha | 15,858 ha | 15,652 ha | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested, Eastern Asia or Madagascar?
- Madagascar, at 15,866 ha against 206 ha in Eastern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested between Eastern Asia and Madagascar?
- 15,660 ha, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and Madagascar?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Asia and Madagascar rank globally for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 15th and Madagascar ranks 16th 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.