India vs Sri Lanka: Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested over time
- India
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
India currently reports 2.17 million ha against 484,677 ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 1.68 million ha.
That makes India's figure about 4.5 times Sri Lanka's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
India ranks 3rd and Sri Lanka ranks 4th of 82 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 876,033 ha | 462,732 ha | 413,302 ha | India |
| 1970s | 1.08 million ha | 455,956 ha | 622,364 ha | India |
| 1980s | 1.24 million ha | 419,928 ha | 817,342 ha | India |
| 1990s | 1.70 million ha | 434,492 ha | 1.27 million ha | India |
| 2000s | 1.90 million ha | 414,785 ha | 1.49 million ha | India |
| 2010s | 2.07 million ha | 435,792 ha | 1.64 million ha | India |
| 2020s | 2.19 million ha | 477,317 ha | 1.72 million ha | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coconuts, in shell — area harvested, India or Sri Lanka?
- India, at 2.17 million ha against 484,677 ha in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in coconuts, in shell — area harvested between India and Sri Lanka?
- 1.68 million ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do India and Sri Lanka rank globally for coconuts, in shell — area harvested?
- India ranks 3rd and Sri Lanka ranks 4th of 82 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.