Africa vs Thailand: Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Thailand
How they compare
Africa currently reports 553,636 ha against 131,345 ha in Thailand, a difference of 422,291 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 4.2 times Thailand's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 5th and Thailand ranks 7th of 28 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 453,044 ha | 220,182 ha | 232,862 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 515,120 ha | 210,152 ha | 304,968 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 599,580 ha | 301,548 ha | 298,032 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 674,142 ha | 337,526 ha | 336,616 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 834,792 ha | 272,356 ha | 562,436 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 698,639 ha | 182,353 ha | 516,286 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 561,046 ha | 129,037 ha | 432,010 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coconuts, in shell — area harvested, Africa or Thailand?
- Africa, at 553,636 ha against 131,345 ha in Thailand as of 2024.
- What is the difference in coconuts, in shell — area harvested between Africa and Thailand?
- 422,291 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Thailand?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Thailand rank globally for coconuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 5th and Thailand ranks 7th of 28 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Coconuts, 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.