India vs Middle Africa: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested over time
- India
- Middle Africa
How they compare
India currently reports 383,995 ha against 121,849 ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 262,146 ha.
That makes India's figure about 3.2 times Middle Africa's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Middle Africa ahead.
India ranks 7th and Middle Africa ranks 5th of 28 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 6 and Middle Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81,444 ha | 96,183 ha | 14,739 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1970s | 166,530 ha | 94,800 ha | 71,730 ha | India |
| 1980s | 217,320 ha | 90,050 ha | 127,270 ha | India |
| 1990s | 346,950 ha | 89,827 ha | 257,123 ha | India |
| 2000s | 436,800 ha | 93,510 ha | 343,290 ha | India |
| 2010s | 415,857 ha | 127,527 ha | 288,330 ha | India |
| 2020s | 358,331 ha | 123,704 ha | 234,627 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 Middle Africa?
- India, at 383,995 ha against 121,849 ha in Middle Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested between India and Middle Africa?
- 262,146 ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Middle Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do India and Middle Africa rank globally for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- India ranks 7th 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.