Asia vs Sri Lanka: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested over time
- Asia
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Asia currently reports 663,670 ha against 48,875 ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 614,795 ha.
That makes Asia's figure about 13.6 times Sri Lanka's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.
Asia ranks 1st and Sri Lanka ranks 4th of 9 groups.
Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 161,644 ha | 5,416 ha | 156,228 ha | Asia |
| 1970s | 181,844 ha | 6,511 ha | 175,332 ha | Asia |
| 1980s | 218,868 ha | 12,145 ha | 206,723 ha | Asia |
| 1990s | 326,677 ha | 23,720 ha | 302,957 ha | Asia |
| 2000s | 472,433 ha | 30,918 ha | 441,515 ha | Asia |
| 2010s | 486,440 ha | 40,318 ha | 446,121 ha | Asia |
| 2020s | 661,215 ha | 47,633 ha | 613,583 ha | Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested, Asia or Sri Lanka?
- Asia, at 663,670 ha against 48,875 ha in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested between Asia and Sri Lanka?
- 614,795 ha, with Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Asia and Sri Lanka rank globally for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 1st and Sri Lanka ranks 4th of 9 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — 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.