Eastern Europe vs Nigeria: Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Europe
- Nigeria
How they compare
Eastern Europe currently reports 71.89 million ha against 18.28 million ha in Nigeria, a difference of 53.62 million ha.
That makes Eastern Europe's figure about 3.9 times Nigeria's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Europe has been ahead every year.
Eastern Europe ranks 10th and Nigeria ranks 9th of 29 groups.
Eastern Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Europe | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 142.48 million ha | 11.30 million ha | 131.18 million ha | Eastern Europe |
| 1970s | 141.94 million ha | 9.45 million ha | 132.49 million ha | Eastern Europe |
| 1980s | 134.79 million ha | 9.38 million ha | 125.41 million ha | Eastern Europe |
| 1990s | 94.41 million ha | 17.59 million ha | 76.81 million ha | Eastern Europe |
| 2000s | 79.36 million ha | 17.63 million ha | 61.73 million ha | Eastern Europe |
| 2010s | 78.31 million ha | 16.86 million ha | 61.45 million ha | Eastern Europe |
| 2020s | 77.82 million ha | 18.22 million ha | 59.60 million ha | Eastern Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Eastern Europe or Nigeria?
- Eastern Europe, at 71.89 million ha against 18.28 million ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Eastern Europe and Nigeria?
- 53.62 million ha, with Eastern Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Europe and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Europe and Nigeria rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Eastern Europe ranks 10th 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
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.