China vs Middle Africa: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested over time
- China
- Middle Africa
How they compare
China currently reports 746,797 ha against 121,849 ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 624,948 ha.
That makes China's figure about 6.1 times Middle Africa's.
Across all 40 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 4th and Middle Africa ranks 5th of 28 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 343,000 ha | 88,539 ha | 254,461 ha | China |
| 1990s | 408,122 ha | 89,827 ha | 318,295 ha | China |
| 2000s | 462,810 ha | 93,510 ha | 369,300 ha | China |
| 2010s | 671,011 ha | 127,527 ha | 543,484 ha | China |
| 2020s | 743,953 ha | 123,704 ha | 620,248 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested, China or Middle Africa?
- China, at 746,797 ha against 121,849 ha in Middle Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested between China and Middle Africa?
- 624,948 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Middle Africa?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do China and Middle Africa rank globally for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- China ranks 4th and Middle Africa ranks 5th 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.