Caribbean vs Eastern Africa: Pineapples — Area harvested
Pineapples — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 69,883 ha against 21,293 ha in Caribbean, a difference of 48,590 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 3.3 times Caribbean's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 14th and Eastern Africa ranks 12th of 24 countries.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,816 ha | 13,559 ha | 9,743 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 3,834 ha | 20,793 ha | 16,958 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 4,920 ha | 22,066 ha | 17,146 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 9,018 ha | 29,842 ha | 20,824 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 14,220 ha | 39,854 ha | 25,634 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 17,954 ha | 57,993 ha | 40,039 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 18,769 ha | 69,686 ha | 50,916 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pineapples — area harvested, Caribbean or Eastern Africa?
- Eastern Africa, at 69,883 ha against 21,293 ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pineapples — area harvested between Caribbean and Eastern Africa?
- 48,590 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Eastern Africa rank globally for pineapples — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 14th and Eastern Africa ranks 12th of 24 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pineapples — 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.