Brazil vs Papua New Guinea: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 281,937 ha against 221,828 ha in Brazil, a difference of 60,109 ha.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.3 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 11th and Papua New Guinea ranks 8th of 41 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 3 and Papua New Guinea in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,756 ha | 0 ha | 3,756 ha | Brazil |
| 1970s | 4,140 ha | 5,380 ha | 1,240 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 13,150 ha | 31,200 ha | 18,050 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 69,842 ha | 57,350 ha | 12,492 ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 91,185 ha | 90,600 ha | 584.9 ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 129,362 ha | 173,429 ha | 44,066 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 204,508 ha | 265,012 ha | 60,504 ha | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — area harvested, Brazil or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 281,937 ha against 221,828 ha in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — area harvested between Brazil and Papua New Guinea?
- 60,109 ha, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Papua New Guinea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Papua New Guinea rank globally for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 11th and Papua New Guinea ranks 8th of 41 countries.
- 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.