Asia vs Nigeria: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested over time
- Asia
- Nigeria
How they compare
Asia currently reports 1.99 million ha against 170,224 ha in Nigeria, a difference of 1.82 million ha.
That makes Asia's figure about 11.7 times Nigeria's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.
Asia ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 6th of 6 regions.
Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 238,660 ha | 31,778 ha | 206,883 ha | Asia |
| 1970s | 402,435 ha | 40,000 ha | 362,435 ha | Asia |
| 1980s | 753,252 ha | 40,000 ha | 713,252 ha | Asia |
| 1990s | 1.07 million ha | 152,420 ha | 913,571 ha | Asia |
| 2000s | 1.69 million ha | 301,500 ha | 1.38 million ha | Asia |
| 2010s | 1.91 million ha | 199,344 ha | 1.71 million ha | Asia |
| 2020s | 1.98 million ha | 169,960 ha | 1.81 million ha | Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested, Asia or Nigeria?
- Asia, at 1.99 million ha against 170,224 ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested between Asia and Nigeria?
- 1.82 million ha, with Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Asia and Nigeria rank globally for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 6th of 6 regions.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cashew nuts, in shell — 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.