Middle Africa vs Nigeria: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested

Middle Africa
63,162 ha
in 2024
Nigeria
857,308 ha
in 2024
Middle Africa rank
7th
Nigeria rank
4th

Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested over time

  • Middle Africa
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 857,308 ha against 63,162 ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 794,146 ha.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 13.6 times Middle Africa's.

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

Middle Africa ranks 7th and Nigeria ranks 4th of 16 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle Africa Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 23,759 ha 300,000 ha 276,241 ha Nigeria
1970s 24,888 ha 460,000 ha 435,112 ha Nigeria
1980s 28,563 ha 564,800 ha 536,237 ha Nigeria
1990s 36,407 ha 660,359 ha 623,952 ha Nigeria
2000s 35,308 ha 731,711 ha 696,403 ha Nigeria
2010s 56,284 ha 810,772 ha 754,488 ha Nigeria
2020s 62,547 ha 855,223 ha 792,676 ha Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher citrus fruit, total — area harvested, Middle Africa or Nigeria?
Nigeria, at 857,308 ha against 63,162 ha in Middle Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in citrus fruit, total — area harvested between Middle Africa and Nigeria?
794,146 ha, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle Africa and Nigeria?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Middle Africa and Nigeria rank globally for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
Middle Africa ranks 7th and Nigeria ranks 4th of 16 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Citrus Fruit, Total — 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
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
200 places, 9,943 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.