Americas vs China: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested over time
- Americas
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 746,797 ha against 328,515 ha in Americas, a difference of 418,282 ha.
That makes China's figure about 2.3 times Americas's.
Across all 40 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 9th and China ranks 4th of 15 groups.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 78,557 ha | 343,000 ha | 264,443 ha | China |
| 1990s | 96,828 ha | 408,122 ha | 311,294 ha | China |
| 2000s | 209,289 ha | 462,810 ha | 253,521 ha | China |
| 2010s | 286,066 ha | 671,011 ha | 384,945 ha | China |
| 2020s | 343,335 ha | 743,953 ha | 400,617 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested, Americas or China?
- China, at 746,797 ha against 328,515 ha in Americas as of 2024.
- What is the difference in natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested between Americas and China?
- 418,282 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Americas and China rank globally for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 9th and China ranks 4th of 15 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Natural rubber in primary forms — 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.