Americas vs Sri Lanka: Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested

Americas
500,469 ha
in 2024
Sri Lanka
484,677 ha
in 2024
Americas rank
6th
Sri Lanka rank
4th

Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested over time

  • Americas
  • Sri Lanka
0200.0k400.0k600.0k196119922024

How they compare

Americas currently reports 500,469 ha against 484,677 ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 15,792 ha.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Americas ranks 6th and Sri Lanka ranks 4th of 21 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Americas averaged higher in 5 and Sri Lanka in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Americas Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1960s 418,665 ha 462,732 ha 44,067 ha Sri Lanka
1970s 453,420 ha 455,956 ha 2,536 ha Sri Lanka
1980s 510,482 ha 419,928 ha 90,554 ha Americas
1990s 637,057 ha 434,492 ha 202,565 ha Americas
2000s 668,042 ha 414,785 ha 253,258 ha Americas
2010s 546,758 ha 435,792 ha 110,965 ha Americas
2020s 482,539 ha 477,317 ha 5,222 ha Americas

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher coconuts, in shell — area harvested, Americas or Sri Lanka?
Americas, at 500,469 ha against 484,677 ha in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
What is the difference in coconuts, in shell — area harvested between Americas and Sri Lanka?
15,792 ha, with Americas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Sri Lanka?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Americas and Sri Lanka rank globally for coconuts, in shell — area harvested?
Americas ranks 6th and Sri Lanka ranks 4th 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
Last refreshed

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.