India vs Melanesia: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested over time
- India
- Melanesia
How they compare
India currently reports 383,995 ha against 9,587 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 374,408 ha.
That makes India's figure about 40.1 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
India ranks 7th and Melanesia ranks 8th of 28 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81,444 ha | 9,992 ha | 71,452 ha | India |
| 1970s | 166,530 ha | 9,892 ha | 156,638 ha | India |
| 1980s | 217,320 ha | 8,990 ha | 208,330 ha | India |
| 1990s | 346,950 ha | 9,767 ha | 337,183 ha | India |
| 2000s | 436,800 ha | 10,410 ha | 426,390 ha | India |
| 2010s | 415,857 ha | 11,576 ha | 404,281 ha | India |
| 2020s | 358,331 ha | 9,499 ha | 348,832 ha | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested, India or Melanesia?
- India, at 383,995 ha against 9,587 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested between India and Melanesia?
- 374,408 ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do India and Melanesia rank globally for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- India ranks 7th 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.