Burkina Faso vs Nigeria: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested over time
- Burkina Faso
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 170,224 ha against 124,274 ha in Burkina Faso, a difference of 45,950 ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.4 times Burkina Faso's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 9th and Nigeria ranks 6th of 32 countries.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 31,778 ha | 31,778 ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 150 ha | 40,000 ha | 39,850 ha | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 3,450 ha | 40,000 ha | 36,550 ha | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 6,732 ha | 152,420 ha | 145,688 ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 11,791 ha | 301,500 ha | 289,709 ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 107,164 ha | 199,344 ha | 92,179 ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 124,143 ha | 169,960 ha | 45,816 ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested, Burkina Faso or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 170,224 ha against 124,274 ha in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested between Burkina Faso and Nigeria?
- 45,950 ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Nigeria rank globally for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 9th 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.