Caribbean vs Eastern Africa: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 192,998 ha against 131,426 ha in Caribbean, a difference of 61,572 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 1.5 times Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Africa ahead.
Caribbean ranks 21st and Eastern Africa ranks 20th of 28 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 3 and Eastern Africa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,190 ha | 36,643 ha | 19,453 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 14,177 ha | 55,435 ha | 41,258 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 72,387 ha | 54,433 ha | 17,954 ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 150,511 ha | 81,569 ha | 68,942 ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 116,013 ha | 94,340 ha | 21,672 ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 108,688 ha | 145,154 ha | 36,467 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 115,324 ha | 180,808 ha | 65,484 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher citrus fruit, total — area harvested, Caribbean or Eastern Africa?
- Eastern Africa, at 192,998 ha against 131,426 ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in citrus fruit, total — area harvested between Caribbean and Eastern Africa?
- 61,572 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Eastern Africa rank globally for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 21st and Eastern Africa ranks 20th of 28 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.