Malaysia vs Western Africa: Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested over time
- Malaysia
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 213,349 ha against 75,418 ha in Malaysia, a difference of 137,931 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 2.8 times Malaysia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malaysia ahead.
Malaysia ranks 12th and Western Africa ranks 11th of 84 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 4 and Western Africa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malaysia | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 272,550 ha | 94,511 ha | 178,039 ha | Malaysia |
| 1970s | 330,258 ha | 115,315 ha | 214,942 ha | Malaysia |
| 1980s | 331,271 ha | 146,807 ha | 184,464 ha | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 256,520 ha | 155,056 ha | 101,464 ha | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 153,099 ha | 169,761 ha | 16,662 ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 86,321 ha | 200,068 ha | 113,747 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 74,367 ha | 216,804 ha | 142,437 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coconuts, in shell — area harvested, Malaysia or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 213,349 ha against 75,418 ha in Malaysia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in coconuts, in shell — area harvested between Malaysia and Western Africa?
- 137,931 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Malaysia and Western Africa rank globally for coconuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 12th and Western Africa ranks 11th of 84 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.