Madagascar vs Sri Lanka: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested over time
- Madagascar
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 15,866 ha against 15,747 ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 119 ha.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Madagascar ranks 16th and Sri Lanka ranks 17th of 32 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 1 and Sri Lanka in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 12,400 ha | 25,350 ha | 12,950 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 15,410 ha | 22,588 ha | 7,178 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 16,318 ha | 22,436 ha | 6,118 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 15,538 ha | 20,402 ha | 4,864 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 15,858 ha | 15,312 ha | 545.2 ha | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested, Madagascar or Sri Lanka?
- Madagascar, at 15,866 ha against 15,747 ha in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested between Madagascar and Sri Lanka?
- 119 ha, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Sri Lanka?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Sri Lanka rank globally for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 16th and Sri Lanka ranks 17th 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.