Americas vs Papua New Guinea: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested over time
- Americas
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Americas currently reports 1.73 million ha against 281,937 ha in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 1.45 million ha.
That makes Americas's figure about 6.1 times Papua New Guinea's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 5th and Papua New Guinea ranks 8th of 15 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80,317 ha | 0 ha | 80,317 ha | Americas |
| 1970s | 90,233 ha | 5,380 ha | 84,853 ha | Americas |
| 1980s | 167,434 ha | 31,200 ha | 136,234 ha | Americas |
| 1990s | 384,827 ha | 57,350 ha | 327,477 ha | Americas |
| 2000s | 628,909 ha | 90,600 ha | 538,309 ha | Americas |
| 2010s | 1.24 million ha | 173,429 ha | 1.06 million ha | Americas |
| 2020s | 1.69 million ha | 265,012 ha | 1.43 million ha | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — area harvested, Americas or Papua New Guinea?
- Americas, at 1.73 million ha against 281,937 ha in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — area harvested between Americas and Papua New Guinea?
- 1.45 million ha, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Papua New Guinea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and Papua New Guinea rank globally for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 5th and Papua New Guinea ranks 8th of 15 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oil palm fruit — 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.