China vs Western Africa: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested over time
- China
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 25,430 ha against 18,448 ha in China, a difference of 6,982 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 1.4 times China's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Africa ahead.
China ranks 18th and Western Africa ranks 20th of 69 countries.
Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,500 ha | 33,095 ha | 29,595 ha | Western Africa |
| 1970s | 4,165 ha | 20,084 ha | 15,919 ha | Western Africa |
| 1980s | 307.7 ha | 15,005 ha | 14,698 ha | Western Africa |
| 1990s | 956.1 ha | 12,228 ha | 11,272 ha | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 12,629 ha | 15,450 ha | 2,821 ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 16,661 ha | 21,923 ha | 5,262 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 18,494 ha | 23,565 ha | 5,071 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals n.e.c. — area harvested, China or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 25,430 ha against 18,448 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals n.e.c. — area harvested between China and Western Africa?
- 6,982 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Western Africa rank globally for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
- China ranks 18th and Western Africa ranks 20th of 69 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals n.e.c. — 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.