Mexico vs Sri Lanka: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested

Mexico
629,470 ha
in 2024
Sri Lanka
519,071 ha
in 2024
Mexico rank
53rd
Sri Lanka rank
56th

Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested over time

  • Mexico
  • Sri Lanka
500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M196119922024

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 629,470 ha against 519,071 ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 110,399 ha.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.2 times Sri Lanka's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mexico ahead.

Mexico ranks 53rd and Sri Lanka ranks 56th of 186 countries.

Mexico has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mexico Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1960s 1.34 million ha 483,524 ha 852,522 ha Mexico
1970s 1.44 million ha 487,537 ha 954,107 ha Mexico
1980s 1.28 million ha 458,378 ha 819,703 ha Mexico
1990s 818,054 ha 455,718 ha 362,336 ha Mexico
2000s 571,134 ha 435,806 ha 135,329 ha Mexico
2010s 791,904 ha 467,994 ha 323,910 ha Mexico
2020s 692,556 ha 512,610 ha 179,946 ha Mexico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested, Mexico or Sri Lanka?
Mexico, at 629,470 ha against 519,071 ha in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
What is the difference in oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested between Mexico and Sri Lanka?
110,399 ha, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Sri Lanka?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Mexico and Sri Lanka rank globally for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
Mexico ranks 53rd and Sri Lanka ranks 56th of 186 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
235 places, 13,169 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.