Melanesia vs Philippines: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- Philippines
How they compare
Philippines currently reports 221,797 ha against 9,587 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 212,210 ha.
That makes Philippines's figure about 23.1 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Philippines has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 8th and Philippines ranks 10th of 9 countries.
Philippines has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Philippines | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,992 ha | 16,294 ha | 6,302 ha | Philippines |
| 1970s | 9,892 ha | 39,532 ha | 29,640 ha | Philippines |
| 1980s | 8,990 ha | 70,500 ha | 61,510 ha | Philippines |
| 1990s | 9,767 ha | 88,424 ha | 78,657 ha | Philippines |
| 2000s | 10,410 ha | 94,052 ha | 83,642 ha | Philippines |
| 2010s | 11,576 ha | 201,023 ha | 189,447 ha | Philippines |
| 2020s | 9,499 ha | 234,283 ha | 224,784 ha | Philippines |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested, Melanesia or Philippines?
- Philippines, at 221,797 ha against 9,587 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested between Melanesia and Philippines?
- 212,210 ha, with Philippines ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Philippines?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Philippines rank globally for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 8th and Philippines ranks 10th of 9 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.