Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Sri Lanka: Aquaculture production (metric tons), per square kilometre

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
0.1562 metric tons per square kilometre
in 2023
Sri Lanka
0.9843 metric tons per square kilometre
in 2023
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
29th
Sri Lanka rank
26th

Aquaculture production (metric tons), per square kilometre over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • Sri Lanka
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How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 0.9843 metric tons per square kilometre against 0.1562 metric tons per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 0.8281 metric tons per square kilometre.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 6.3 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 29th and Sri Lanka ranks 26th of 47 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) averaged higher in 2 and Sri Lanka in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1960s 0 metric tons per square kilometre 0 metric tons per square kilometre 0 metric tons per square kilometre Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1970s 0.0003 metric tons per square kilometre 0.0003 metric tons per square kilometre 0.0001 metric tons per square kilometre Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1980s 0.0041 metric tons per square kilometre 0.0046 metric tons per square kilometre 0.0005 metric tons per square kilometre Sri Lanka
1990s 0.0153 metric tons per square kilometre 0.0501 metric tons per square kilometre 0.0348 metric tons per square kilometre Sri Lanka
2000s 0.0384 metric tons per square kilometre 0.0819 metric tons per square kilometre 0.0435 metric tons per square kilometre Sri Lanka
2010s 0.0823 metric tons per square kilometre 0.4096 metric tons per square kilometre 0.3272 metric tons per square kilometre Sri Lanka
2020s 0.1392 metric tons per square kilometre 0.8611 metric tons per square kilometre 0.7219 metric tons per square kilometre Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher aquaculture production (metric tons), per square kilometre, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 0.9843 metric tons per square kilometre against 0.1562 metric tons per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in aquaculture production (metric tons), per square kilometre between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Sri Lanka?
0.8281 metric tons per square kilometre, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Sri Lanka?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Sri Lanka rank globally for aquaculture production (metric tons), per square kilometre?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 29th and Sri Lanka ranks 26th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Aquaculture production (metric tons), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Aquaculture production (metric tons), per square kilometre
Unit
metric tons per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
264 places, 15,328 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Aquaculture production (metric tons) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.