Ghana vs Sri Lanka: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested over time
- Ghana
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 151,565 ha against 98,783 ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 52,782 ha.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.5 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Ghana ranks 14th and Sri Lanka ranks 15th of 28 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,456 ha | 228,951 ha | 227,496 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 10,510 ha | 228,009 ha | 217,499 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 8,330 ha | 208,539 ha | 200,209 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 14,529 ha | 171,671 ha | 157,142 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 16,359 ha | 125,089 ha | 108,730 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 33,064 ha | 129,840 ha | 96,776 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 120,857 ha | 122,202 ha | 1,345 ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested, Ghana or Sri Lanka?
- Ghana, at 151,565 ha against 98,783 ha in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested between Ghana and Sri Lanka?
- 52,782 ha, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Sri Lanka rank globally for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 14th and Sri Lanka ranks 15th 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.