China vs South America: Papayas — Area harvested
Papayas — Area harvested over time
- China
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 64,277 ha against 11,010 ha in China, a difference of 53,267 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 5.8 times China's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
China ranks 8th and South America ranks 7th of 64 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 680.56 ha | 12,565 ha | 11,885 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 1,177 ha | 16,616 ha | 15,439 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 3,249 ha | 26,758 ha | 23,510 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 4,361 ha | 52,044 ha | 47,682 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 5,823 ha | 67,016 ha | 61,193 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 8,458 ha | 63,954 ha | 55,496 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 10,663 ha | 64,442 ha | 53,778 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher papayas — area harvested, China or South America?
- South America, at 64,277 ha against 11,010 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in papayas — area harvested between China and South America?
- 53,267 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and South America rank globally for papayas — area harvested?
- China ranks 8th and South America ranks 7th of 64 countries.
- 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.