Papayas — Area harvested by country
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...
What the numbers show
Papayas — Area harvested is currently reported for 74 countries. The highest value is 148,977 ha in India; the lowest is 3 ha in Cameroon.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,064 ha, and the mean is 6,755 ha.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 49,659.
Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 500.0%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 93.4%).
Papayas — Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 148,977 ha | 2024 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Nigeria | 95,363 ha | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 3 | Brazil | 27,681 ha | 2024 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Mexico | 20,411 ha | 2024 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 14,229 ha | 2024 | up 431.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 12,241 ha | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 6 | Peru | 12,424 ha | 2024 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 9,577 ha | 2024 | up 87.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Indonesia | 12,100 ha | 2024 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 8,868 ha | 2024 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 8 | China | 11,010 ha | 2024 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3,242 ha | 2024 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 9 | China, mainland | 8,515 ha | 2024 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2,342 ha | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 10 | Philippines | 7,766 ha | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 10 | Melanesia | 464 ha | 2024 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Kenya | 7,722 ha | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 11 | Polynesia | 365 ha | 2024 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 12 | Colombia | 7,504 ha | 2024 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Timor-Leste | 95 ha | 2024 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Caribbean | 19,304 ha | 2024 | up 72.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 7,219 ha | 2024 | up 142.2% | rising |
| 13 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 28 ha | 2024 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 7,155 ha | 2024 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5,859 ha | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 15 | Malawi | 5,020 ha | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 16 | Mali | 4,778 ha | 2024 | up 55.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Mozambique | 4,329 ha | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 18 | Thailand | 4,056 ha | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 19 | Ecuador | 3,809 ha | 2024 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Guatemala | 2,833 ha | 2024 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Cuba | 2,640 ha | 2024 | down 60.3% | rising |
| 22 | China, Taiwan Province of | 2,494 ha | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 23 | Malaysia | 2,024 ha | 2024 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Pakistan | 1,684 ha | 2024 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Ghana | 1,659 ha | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 26 | Yemen | 1,552 ha | 2024 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Haiti | 1,272 ha | 2024 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Nepal | 1,231 ha | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 29 | Paraguay | 1,065 ha | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 30 | Australia | 1,064 ha | 2024 | up 150.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Australia and New Zealand | 1,064 ha | 2024 | up 150.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Costa Rica | 1,015 ha | 2024 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 33 | South Africa | 854 ha | 2024 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 34 | Puerto Rico | 586 ha | 2024 | up 153.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Panama | 575 ha | 2024 | up 197.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Jamaica | 471 ha | 2024 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Fiji | 464 ha | 2024 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Guinea-Bissau | 333 ha | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 39 | Oman | 308 ha | 2024 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Guyana | 253 ha | 2024 | up 88.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Maldives | 239 ha | 2024 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Samoa | 239 ha | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 43 | Congo | 229 ha | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 44 | Argentina | 202 ha | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 45 | Israel | 197 ha | 2024 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 141 ha | 2024 | — | rising |
| 47 | Chile | 124 ha | 2024 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 48 | French Guiana | 77 ha | 2006 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 49 | Cook Islands | 70 ha | 2024 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Trinidad and Tobago | 62 ha | 2024 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Morocco | 60 ha | 2024 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 52 | French Polynesia | 56 ha | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 53 | Réunion | 53 ha | 2006 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 54 | El Salvador | 47 ha | 2024 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Bahamas | 37 ha | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 56 | Bhutan | 30 ha | 2024 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Belize | 29 ha | 2024 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Rwanda | 15 ha | 2024 | down 93.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 13 ha | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 60 | Honduras | 11 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 61 | Dominica | 6 ha | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 62 | Suriname | 5 ha | 2024 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Cameroon | 3 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 467,823 ha
- Asia 211,416 ha
- Southern Asia 159,344 ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 48,482 ha
- Africa 145,753 ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 21,086 ha
- Americas 108,760 ha
- Middle Africa 12,473 ha
- Western Africa 107,993 ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 103,128 ha
- South America 64,277 ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 45,958 ha
- South-Eastern Asia 38,860 ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 24,954 ha
- Central America 24,921 ha
- Eastern Africa 24,318 ha
- Eastern Asia 11,010 ha
- Western Asia 2,202 ha
- Oceania 1,893 ha
- Southern Africa 854 ha
- United States of America 259 ha
- Northern America 259 ha
- Northern Africa 115 ha
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.