Guinea-Bissau vs Nigeria: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 170,224 ha against 157,920 ha in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 12,304 ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Guinea-Bissau's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 8th and Nigeria ranks 6th of 32 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 3 and Nigeria in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea-Bissau | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,000 ha | 31,778 ha | 21,778 ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 12,600 ha | 40,000 ha | 27,400 ha | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 41,400 ha | 40,000 ha | 1,400 ha | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1990s | 107,458 ha | 152,420 ha | 44,962 ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 213,141 ha | 301,500 ha | 88,359 ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 214,686 ha | 199,344 ha | 15,342 ha | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2020s | 182,360 ha | 169,960 ha | 12,401 ha | Guinea-Bissau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested, Guinea-Bissau or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 170,224 ha against 157,920 ha in Guinea-Bissau as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested between Guinea-Bissau and Nigeria?
- 12,304 ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Guinea-Bissau and Nigeria rank globally for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 8th 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.