Caribbean vs Middle Africa: Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Middle Africa
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 99,365 ha against 4,676 ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 94,689 ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 21.2 times Middle Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Caribbean has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 13th and Middle Africa ranks 12th of 21 countries.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 102,091 ha | 16,000 ha | 86,091 ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 102,834 ha | 12,800 ha | 90,034 ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 114,595 ha | 14,150 ha | 100,445 ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 146,885 ha | 17,174 ha | 129,712 ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 139,053 ha | 18,609 ha | 120,445 ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 98,670 ha | 10,252 ha | 88,418 ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 91,281 ha | 4,749 ha | 86,532 ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coconuts, in shell — area harvested, Caribbean or Middle Africa?
- Caribbean, at 99,365 ha against 4,676 ha in Middle Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in coconuts, in shell — area harvested between Caribbean and Middle Africa?
- 94,689 ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Middle Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Middle Africa rank globally for coconuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 13th and Middle Africa ranks 12th of 21 countries.
- 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.