Nigeria vs South America: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested over time
- Nigeria
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 1.22 million ha against 857,308 ha in Nigeria, a difference of 365,732 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 1.4 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Nigeria ranks 4th and South America ranks 7th of 156 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 1 and South America in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 300,000 ha | 262,761 ha | 37,239 ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 460,000 ha | 529,194 ha | 69,194 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 564,800 ha | 1.04 million ha | 474,061 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 660,359 ha | 1.39 million ha | 730,512 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 731,711 ha | 1.38 million ha | 649,627 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 810,772 ha | 1.25 million ha | 439,141 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 855,223 ha | 1.21 million ha | 359,285 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher citrus fruit, total — area harvested, Nigeria or South America?
- South America, at 1.22 million ha against 857,308 ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in citrus fruit, total — area harvested between Nigeria and South America?
- 365,732 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and South America rank globally for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 4th and South America ranks 7th of 156 countries.
- 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
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.