Brazil vs Western Africa: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 14.67 million ha against 1.23 million ha in Brazil, a difference of 13.43 million ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 11.9 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 3rd and Western Africa ranks 4th of 93 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 2 and Western Africa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.74 million ha | 1.54 million ha | 197,916 ha | Brazil |
| 1970s | 2.08 million ha | 1.76 million ha | 320,907 ha | Brazil |
| 1980s | 1.96 million ha | 2.12 million ha | 166,511 ha | Western Africa |
| 1990s | 1.75 million ha | 4.07 million ha | 2.32 million ha | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 1.78 million ha | 5.46 million ha | 3.68 million ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 1.49 million ha | 9.27 million ha | 7.78 million ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 1.21 million ha | 13.77 million ha | 12.57 million ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cassava, fresh — area harvested, Brazil or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 14.67 million ha against 1.23 million ha in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cassava, fresh — area harvested between Brazil and Western Africa?
- 13.43 million ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Western Africa rank globally for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 3rd and Western Africa ranks 4th of 93 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cassava, fresh — 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.