Polynesia vs Sri Lanka: Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested over time
- Polynesia
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 484,677 ha against 55,586 ha in Polynesia, a difference of 429,091 ha.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 8.7 times Polynesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.
Polynesia ranks 7th and Sri Lanka ranks 4th of 12 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Polynesia | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80,170 ha | 462,732 ha | 382,562 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 79,316 ha | 455,956 ha | 376,640 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 77,950 ha | 419,928 ha | 341,978 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 55,552 ha | 434,492 ha | 378,940 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 58,526 ha | 414,785 ha | 356,258 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 56,109 ha | 435,792 ha | 379,684 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 55,457 ha | 477,317 ha | 421,860 ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coconuts, in shell — area harvested, Polynesia or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 484,677 ha against 55,586 ha in Polynesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in coconuts, in shell — area harvested between Polynesia and Sri Lanka?
- 429,091 ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Polynesia and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Polynesia and Sri Lanka rank globally for coconuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Polynesia ranks 7th and Sri Lanka ranks 4th of 12 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.