Eastern Africa vs Nigeria: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- Nigeria
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 1.53 million ha against 170,224 ha in Nigeria, a difference of 1.36 million ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 9.0 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Africa ahead.
Eastern Africa ranks 6th and Nigeria ranks 6th of 15 groups.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 370,933 ha | 31,778 ha | 339,156 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 495,100 ha | 40,000 ha | 455,100 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 180,570 ha | 40,000 ha | 140,570 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 161,586 ha | 152,420 ha | 9,166 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 384,526 ha | 301,500 ha | 83,026 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 669,993 ha | 199,344 ha | 470,649 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 1.05 million ha | 169,960 ha | 877,366 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Nigeria?
- Eastern Africa, at 1.53 million ha against 170,224 ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Nigeria?
- 1.36 million ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Nigeria rank globally for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 6th and Nigeria ranks 6th of 15 groups.
- 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.