Brazil vs Central America: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- Central America
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 200,240 ha against 99,345 ha in Central America, a difference of 100,895 ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 2.0 times Central America's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 11th and Central America ranks 13th of 28 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Central America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 50,000 ha | 26,998 ha | 23,002 ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 54,410 ha | 35,114 ha | 19,296 ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 108,893 ha | 87,733 ha | 21,160 ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 143,329 ha | 119,088 ha | 24,240 ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 183,627 ha | 124,909 ha | 58,718 ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested, Brazil or Central America?
- Brazil, at 200,240 ha against 99,345 ha in Central America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested between Brazil and Central America?
- 100,895 ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Central America?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Central America rank globally for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 11th and Central America ranks 13th of 28 countries.
- 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.