Eastern Asia vs Nigeria: Cereals, primary — Area harvested

Eastern Asia
104.88 million ha
in 2024
Nigeria
18.28 million ha
in 2024
Eastern Asia rank
8th
Nigeria rank
9th

Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time

  • Eastern Asia
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Eastern Asia currently reports 104.88 million ha against 18.28 million ha in Nigeria, a difference of 86.60 million ha.

That makes Eastern Asia's figure about 5.7 times Nigeria's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.

Eastern Asia ranks 8th and Nigeria ranks 9th of 29 groups.

Eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eastern Asia Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 100.16 million ha 11.30 million ha 88.86 million ha Eastern Asia
1970s 104.03 million ha 9.45 million ha 94.58 million ha Eastern Asia
1980s 97.82 million ha 9.38 million ha 88.44 million ha Eastern Asia
1990s 97.25 million ha 17.59 million ha 79.66 million ha Eastern Asia
2000s 88.20 million ha 17.63 million ha 70.57 million ha Eastern Asia
2010s 101.30 million ha 16.86 million ha 84.44 million ha Eastern Asia
2020s 103.95 million ha 18.22 million ha 85.73 million ha Eastern Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Eastern Asia or Nigeria?
Eastern Asia, at 104.88 million ha against 18.28 million ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Eastern Asia and Nigeria?
86.60 million ha, with Eastern Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and Nigeria?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Eastern Asia and Nigeria rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
Eastern Asia ranks 8th and Nigeria ranks 9th of 29 groups.
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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About this data

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.