Nicaragua vs Somalia: Cereals, primary — Area harvested

Nicaragua
350,425 ha
in 2023
Somalia
353,654 ha
in 2024
Nicaragua rank
103rd
Somalia rank
102nd

Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time

  • Nicaragua
  • Somalia
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How they compare

Somalia currently reports 353,654 ha against 350,425 ha in Nicaragua, a difference of 3,229 ha.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Somalia ahead.

Nicaragua ranks 103rd and Somalia ranks 102nd of 178 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Nicaragua averaged higher in 2 and Somalia in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nicaragua Somalia Difference Ahead
1960s 275,458 ha 516,111 ha 240,653 ha Somalia
1970s 302,433 ha 529,404 ha 226,971 ha Somalia
1980s 279,444 ha 717,810 ha 438,366 ha Somalia
1990s 338,368 ha 553,302 ha 214,934 ha Somalia
2000s 477,807 ha 521,746 ha 43,939 ha Somalia
2010s 456,472 ha 379,684 ha 76,789 ha Nicaragua
2020s 386,097 ha 353,657 ha 32,440 ha Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Nicaragua or Somalia?
Somalia, at 353,654 ha against 350,425 ha in Nicaragua as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Nicaragua and Somalia?
3,229 ha, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Somalia?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Nicaragua and Somalia rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
Nicaragua ranks 103rd 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

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.