Africa vs Brazil: Papayas — Area harvested
Papayas — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Brazil
How they compare
Africa currently reports 145,753 ha against 27,681 ha in Brazil, a difference of 118,072 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 5.3 times Brazil's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 3rd and Brazil ranks 3rd of 21 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Brazil | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53,639 ha | 4,244 ha | 49,394 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 67,165 ha | 6,339 ha | 60,826 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 78,655 ha | 14,912 ha | 63,743 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 108,814 ha | 29,498 ha | 79,316 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 125,645 ha | 35,660 ha | 89,985 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 136,973 ha | 31,312 ha | 105,662 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 143,575 ha | 27,766 ha | 115,809 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher papayas — area harvested, Africa or Brazil?
- Africa, at 145,753 ha against 27,681 ha in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in papayas — area harvested between Africa and Brazil?
- 118,072 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Brazil?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Brazil rank globally for papayas — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 3rd and Brazil ranks 3rd of 21 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Papayas — 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.