Mauritania vs Somalia: Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time
- Mauritania
- Somalia
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 370,911 ha against 353,654 ha in Somalia, a difference of 17,257 ha.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Somalia ahead.
Mauritania ranks 99th and Somalia ranks 102nd of 178 countries.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 262,890 ha | 516,111 ha | 253,221 ha | Somalia |
| 1970s | 155,287 ha | 529,404 ha | 374,117 ha | Somalia |
| 1980s | 149,204 ha | 717,810 ha | 568,606 ha | Somalia |
| 1990s | 210,280 ha | 553,302 ha | 343,022 ha | Somalia |
| 2000s | 212,117 ha | 521,746 ha | 309,629 ha | Somalia |
| 2010s | 248,996 ha | 379,684 ha | 130,688 ha | Somalia |
| 2020s | 321,999 ha | 353,657 ha | 31,657 ha | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Mauritania or Somalia?
- Mauritania, at 370,911 ha against 353,654 ha in Somalia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Mauritania and Somalia?
- 17,257 ha, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Somalia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Somalia rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Mauritania ranks 99th and Somalia ranks 102nd 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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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.