Africa vs India: Papayas — Area harvested
Papayas — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 148,977 ha against 145,753 ha in Africa, a difference of 3,224 ha.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Africa ahead.
Africa ranks 3rd and India ranks 1st of 21 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 6 and India in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53,639 ha | 7,333 ha | 46,306 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 67,165 ha | 14,911 ha | 52,254 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 78,655 ha | 30,655 ha | 48,000 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 108,814 ha | 56,974 ha | 51,841 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 125,645 ha | 76,112 ha | 49,533 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 136,973 ha | 129,176 ha | 7,797 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 143,575 ha | 146,995 ha | 3,420 ha | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher papayas — area harvested, Africa or India?
- India, at 148,977 ha against 145,753 ha in Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in papayas — area harvested between Africa and India?
- 3,224 ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and India?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and India rank globally for papayas — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 3rd and India ranks 1st 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.