Brazil vs Nigeria: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- Nigeria
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 450,237 ha against 170,224 ha in Nigeria, a difference of 280,013 ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 2.6 times Nigeria's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 6th of 32 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 66,717 ha | 31,778 ha | 34,939 ha | Brazil |
| 1970s | 111,922 ha | 40,000 ha | 71,922 ha | Brazil |
| 1980s | 334,399 ha | 40,000 ha | 294,399 ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 639,368 ha | 152,420 ha | 486,948 ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 697,578 ha | 301,500 ha | 396,078 ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 611,531 ha | 199,344 ha | 412,187 ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 434,016 ha | 169,960 ha | 264,056 ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested, Brazil or Nigeria?
- Brazil, at 450,237 ha against 170,224 ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested between Brazil and Nigeria?
- 280,013 ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Nigeria rank globally for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 6th of 32 countries.
- 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.