Congo vs Papua New Guinea: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested over time
- Congo
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 9,587 ha against 2,650 ha in Congo, a difference of 6,937 ha.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 3.6 times Congo's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.
Congo ranks 26th and Papua New Guinea ranks 24th of 28 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 261.11 ha | 9,992 ha | 9,731 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 1,125 ha | 9,892 ha | 8,767 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 2,410 ha | 8,990 ha | 6,580 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 1,847 ha | 9,767 ha | 7,920 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 1,775 ha | 10,410 ha | 8,635 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 2,515 ha | 11,576 ha | 9,061 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 2,596 ha | 9,499 ha | 6,903 ha | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested, Congo or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 9,587 ha against 2,650 ha in Congo as of 2024.
- What is the difference in natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested between Congo and Papua New Guinea?
- 6,937 ha, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Papua New Guinea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Congo and Papua New Guinea rank globally for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 26th and Papua New Guinea ranks 24th 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.