Caribbean vs Mexico: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Mexico
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 140,037 ha against 36,611 ha in Caribbean, a difference of 103,426 ha.
That makes Mexico's figure about 3.8 times Caribbean's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Mexico has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 26th and Mexico ranks 26th of 28 groups.
Mexico has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81,332 ha | 929,277 ha | 847,945 ha | Mexico |
| 1970s | 65,762 ha | 583,638 ha | 517,876 ha | Mexico |
| 1980s | 64,998 ha | 355,153 ha | 290,156 ha | Mexico |
| 1990s | 48,939 ha | 263,692 ha | 214,753 ha | Mexico |
| 2000s | 34,451 ha | 123,275 ha | 88,824 ha | Mexico |
| 2010s | 35,910 ha | 188,042 ha | 152,132 ha | Mexico |
| 2020s | 36,774 ha | 172,676 ha | 135,902 ha | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, Caribbean or Mexico?
- Mexico, at 140,037 ha against 36,611 ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested between Caribbean and Mexico?
- 103,426 ha, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Mexico?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Mexico rank globally for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 26th and Mexico ranks 26th of 28 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.