Central Asia vs Nigeria: Cereals, primary — Production

Central Asia
38.03 million t
in 2024
Nigeria
28.47 million t
in 2024
Central Asia rank
25th
Nigeria rank
22nd

Cereals, primary — Production over time

  • Central Asia
  • Nigeria
10.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M196119922024

How they compare

Central Asia currently reports 38.03 million t against 28.47 million t in Nigeria, a difference of 9.56 million t.

That makes Central Asia's figure about 1.3 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Central Asia ahead.

Central Asia ranks 25th and Nigeria ranks 22nd of 29 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, Central Asia averaged higher in 3 and Nigeria in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Central Asia Nigeria Difference Ahead
1990s 21.31 million t 21.32 million t 5,300 t Nigeria
2000s 26.38 million t 24.34 million t 2.04 million t Central Asia
2010s 30.13 million t 25.25 million t 4.88 million t Central Asia
2020s 32.23 million t 29.18 million t 3.05 million t Central Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — production, Central Asia or Nigeria?
Central Asia, at 38.03 million t against 28.47 million t in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — production between Central Asia and Nigeria?
9.56 million t, with Central Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central Asia and Nigeria?
33 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2024.
How do Central Asia and Nigeria rank globally for cereals, primary — production?
Central Asia ranks 25th and Nigeria ranks 22nd of 29 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Production. 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 — Production
Unit
t
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.