Caribbean vs Peru: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 100,000 ha against 25,000 ha in Caribbean, a difference of 75,000 ha.
That makes Peru's figure about 4.0 times Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Peru ahead.
Caribbean ranks 13th and Peru ranks 15th of 15 groups.
Across the 5 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 2 and Peru in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,000 ha | 6,188 ha | 5,188 ha | Peru |
| 1990s | 8,224 ha | 5,985 ha | 2,239 ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 17,996 ha | 11,519 ha | 6,477 ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 18,553 ha | 46,940 ha | 28,387 ha | Peru |
| 2020s | 23,000 ha | 90,640 ha | 67,640 ha | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — area harvested, Caribbean or Peru?
- Peru, at 100,000 ha against 25,000 ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — area harvested between Caribbean and Peru?
- 75,000 ha, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Peru?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Peru rank globally for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 13th and Peru ranks 15th 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.