Thailand vs Western Africa: Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested over time
- Thailand
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 3,615 ha against 1,512 ha in Thailand, a difference of 2,103 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 2.4 times Thailand's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Thailand ahead.
Thailand ranks 12th and Western Africa ranks 14th of 26 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Thailand averaged higher in 5 and Western Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Thailand | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 276,498 ha | 25.89 ha | 276,472 ha | Thailand |
| 1970s | 323,376 ha | 1,676 ha | 321,700 ha | Thailand |
| 1980s | 172,121 ha | 3,750 ha | 168,371 ha | Thailand |
| 1990s | 71,068 ha | 3,434 ha | 67,633 ha | Thailand |
| 2000s | 11,844 ha | 3,033 ha | 8,811 ha | Thailand |
| 2010s | 1,755 ha | 3,656 ha | 1,901 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 1,511 ha | 3,613 ha | 2,102 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested, Thailand or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 3,615 ha against 1,512 ha in Thailand as of 2024.
- What is the difference in kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested between Thailand and Western Africa?
- 2,103 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Thailand and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Thailand and Western Africa rank globally for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 12th and Western Africa ranks 14th of 26 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — 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.