Sri Lanka vs World: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested over time
- Sri Lanka
- World
How they compare
World currently reports 857,754 ha against 48,875 ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 808,879 ha.
That makes World's figure about 17.5 times Sri Lanka's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, World has been ahead every year.
Sri Lanka ranks 4th and World ranks 1st of 43 countries.
World has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sri Lanka | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,416 ha | 180,103 ha | 174,686 ha | World |
| 1970s | 6,511 ha | 204,346 ha | 197,834 ha | World |
| 1980s | 12,145 ha | 256,024 ha | 243,879 ha | World |
| 1990s | 23,720 ha | 371,613 ha | 347,893 ha | World |
| 2000s | 30,918 ha | 538,805 ha | 507,887 ha | World |
| 2010s | 40,318 ha | 591,505 ha | 551,187 ha | World |
| 2020s | 47,633 ha | 845,505 ha | 797,873 ha | World |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested, Sri Lanka or World?
- World, at 857,754 ha against 48,875 ha in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested between Sri Lanka and World?
- 808,879 ha, with World ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and World?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Sri Lanka and World rank globally for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 4th and World ranks 1st 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.