Madagascar vs Sri Lanka: Cloves (whole stems), raw — Area harvested
Cloves (whole stems), raw — Area harvested over time
- Madagascar
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 74,650 ha against 6,018 ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 68,632 ha.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 12.4 times Sri Lanka's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Madagascar has been ahead every year.
Madagascar ranks 2nd and Sri Lanka ranks 4th of 9 countries.
Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29,604 ha | 377.78 ha | 29,227 ha | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 48,886 ha | 1,620 ha | 47,266 ha | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 75,756 ha | 4,235 ha | 71,522 ha | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 78,697 ha | 6,839 ha | 71,858 ha | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 58,262 ha | 7,656 ha | 50,606 ha | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 63,470 ha | 6,959 ha | 56,512 ha | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 74,097 ha | 6,011 ha | 68,086 ha | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested, Madagascar or Sri Lanka?
- Madagascar, at 74,650 ha against 6,018 ha in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested between Madagascar and Sri Lanka?
- 68,632 ha, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Sri Lanka rank globally for cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 2nd and Sri Lanka ranks 4th of 9 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cloves (whole stems), raw — 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.