Brazil vs Sri Lanka: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 48,875 ha against 42,402 ha in Brazil, a difference of 6,473 ha.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.2 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Brazil ranks 5th and Sri Lanka ranks 4th of 43 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 2 and Sri Lanka in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,226 ha | 5,416 ha | 1,190 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 10,326 ha | 6,511 ha | 3,815 ha | Brazil |
| 1980s | 22,230 ha | 12,145 ha | 10,085 ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 21,662 ha | 23,720 ha | 2,057 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 26,746 ha | 30,918 ha | 4,172 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 24,751 ha | 40,318 ha | 15,567 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 39,999 ha | 47,633 ha | 7,634 ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested, Brazil or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 48,875 ha against 42,402 ha in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested between Brazil and Sri Lanka?
- 6,473 ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Sri Lanka rank globally for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 5th and Sri Lanka ranks 4th of 43 countries.
- 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.