Brazil vs Melanesia: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- Melanesia
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 200,240 ha against 9,587 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 190,653 ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 20.9 times Melanesia's.
Across all 40 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 11th and Melanesia ranks 8th of 28 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 50,000 ha | 9,020 ha | 40,980 ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 54,410 ha | 9,767 ha | 44,643 ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 108,893 ha | 10,410 ha | 98,483 ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 143,329 ha | 11,576 ha | 131,753 ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 183,627 ha | 9,499 ha | 174,128 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 Melanesia?
- Brazil, at 200,240 ha against 9,587 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested between Brazil and Melanesia?
- 190,653 ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Melanesia?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Melanesia rank globally for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 11th and Melanesia ranks 8th 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.