Senegal vs Sri Lanka: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested over time
- Senegal
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 23,152 ha against 15,747 ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 7,405 ha.
That makes Senegal's figure about 1.5 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Senegal ranks 14th and Sri Lanka ranks 17th of 32 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Senegal averaged higher in 2 and Sri Lanka in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Senegal | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4,600 ha | 28,750 ha | 24,150 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 15,311 ha | 22,588 ha | 7,277 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 17,532 ha | 22,436 ha | 4,904 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 20,448 ha | 20,402 ha | 45.7 ha | Senegal |
| 2020s | 22,962 ha | 15,312 ha | 7,649 ha | Senegal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested, Senegal or Sri Lanka?
- Senegal, at 23,152 ha against 15,747 ha in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested between Senegal and Sri Lanka?
- 7,405 ha, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Senegal and Sri Lanka?
- 37 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2024.
- How do Senegal and Sri Lanka rank globally for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Senegal ranks 14th 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.