Argentina vs Nigeria: Cereals, primary — Area harvested

Argentina
17.66 million ha
in 2024
Nigeria
18.28 million ha
in 2024
Argentina rank
10th
Nigeria rank
9th

Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time

  • Argentina
  • Nigeria
5.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M196119922024

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 18.28 million ha against 17.66 million ha in Argentina, a difference of 615,300 ha.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.

Argentina ranks 10th and Nigeria ranks 9th of 178 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 2 and Nigeria in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Argentina Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 11.13 million ha 11.30 million ha 167,200 ha Nigeria
1970s 11.64 million ha 9.45 million ha 2.19 million ha Argentina
1980s 11.09 million ha 9.38 million ha 1.71 million ha Argentina
1990s 9.38 million ha 17.59 million ha 8.21 million ha Nigeria
2000s 9.59 million ha 17.63 million ha 8.04 million ha Nigeria
2010s 12.30 million ha 16.86 million ha 4.56 million ha Nigeria
2020s 16.87 million ha 18.22 million ha 1.35 million ha Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Argentina or Nigeria?
Nigeria, at 18.28 million ha against 17.66 million ha in Argentina as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Argentina and Nigeria?
615,300 ha, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Nigeria?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Argentina and Nigeria rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
Argentina ranks 10th and Nigeria ranks 9th of 178 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,898 data points, 1961–2024
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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.