Africa vs Viet Nam: Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested

Africa
553,636 ha
in 2024
Viet Nam
181,523 ha
in 2024
Africa rank
5th
Viet Nam rank
5th

Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested over time

  • Africa
  • Viet Nam
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How they compare

Africa currently reports 553,636 ha against 181,523 ha in Viet Nam, a difference of 372,113 ha.

That makes Africa's figure about 3.0 times Viet Nam's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.

Africa ranks 5th and Viet Nam ranks 5th of 21 groups.

Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa Viet Nam Difference Ahead
1960s 453,044 ha 38,911 ha 414,133 ha Africa
1970s 515,120 ha 41,326 ha 473,794 ha Africa
1980s 599,580 ha 136,137 ha 463,443 ha Africa
1990s 674,142 ha 187,152 ha 486,990 ha Africa
2000s 834,792 ha 124,500 ha 710,292 ha Africa
2010s 698,639 ha 142,898 ha 555,741 ha Africa
2020s 561,046 ha 172,657 ha 388,389 ha Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher coconuts, in shell — area harvested, Africa or Viet Nam?
Africa, at 553,636 ha against 181,523 ha in Viet Nam as of 2024.
What is the difference in coconuts, in shell — area harvested between Africa and Viet Nam?
372,113 ha, with Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Viet Nam?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Africa and Viet Nam rank globally for coconuts, in shell — area harvested?
Africa ranks 5th and Viet Nam ranks 5th of 21 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

Indicator
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
117 places, 6,263 data points, 1961–2024
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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.