China vs Sri Lanka: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested over time
- China
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 48,875 ha against 18,534 ha in China, a difference of 30,341 ha.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 2.6 times China's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
China ranks 6th and Sri Lanka ranks 4th of 43 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 1 and Sri Lanka in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,386 ha | 5,416 ha | 30.11 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 7,360 ha | 6,511 ha | 848.6 ha | China |
| 1980s | 10,749 ha | 12,145 ha | 1,396 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 11,869 ha | 23,720 ha | 11,851 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 14,957 ha | 30,918 ha | 15,961 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 17,798 ha | 40,318 ha | 22,521 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 18,511 ha | 47,633 ha | 29,122 ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested, China or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 48,875 ha against 18,534 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested between China and Sri Lanka?
- 30,341 ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Sri Lanka rank globally for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- China ranks 6th 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.