Middle Africa vs Polynesia: Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested

Middle Africa
4,676 ha
in 2024
Polynesia
55,586 ha
in 2024
Middle Africa rank
17th
Polynesia rank
18th

Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested over time

  • Middle Africa
  • Polynesia
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How they compare

Polynesia currently reports 55,586 ha against 4,676 ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 50,910 ha.

That makes Polynesia's figure about 11.9 times Middle Africa's.

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

Middle Africa ranks 17th and Polynesia ranks 18th of 23 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle Africa Polynesia Difference Ahead
1960s 16,000 ha 80,170 ha 64,170 ha Polynesia
1970s 12,800 ha 79,316 ha 66,516 ha Polynesia
1980s 14,150 ha 77,950 ha 63,800 ha Polynesia
1990s 17,174 ha 55,552 ha 38,378 ha Polynesia
2000s 18,609 ha 58,526 ha 39,918 ha Polynesia
2010s 10,252 ha 56,109 ha 45,857 ha Polynesia
2020s 4,749 ha 55,457 ha 50,707 ha Polynesia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher coconuts, in shell — area harvested, Middle Africa or Polynesia?
Polynesia, at 55,586 ha against 4,676 ha in Middle Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in coconuts, in shell — area harvested between Middle Africa and Polynesia?
50,910 ha, with Polynesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle Africa and Polynesia?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Middle Africa and Polynesia rank globally for coconuts, in shell — area harvested?
Middle Africa ranks 17th and Polynesia ranks 18th of 23 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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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.