Eastern Africa vs Niger: Dates — Area harvested
Dates — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 5,673 ha against 3,337 ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 2,336 ha.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.7 times Eastern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Africa ahead.
Eastern Africa ranks 17th and Niger ranks 19th of 23 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eastern Africa averaged higher in 4 and Niger in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,561 ha | 1,544 ha | 16.67 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 1,910 ha | 1,835 ha | 75 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 2,706 ha | 2,171 ha | 535.5 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 2,762 ha | 2,462 ha | 299.8 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 2,987 ha | 4,223 ha | 1,236 ha | Niger |
| 2010s | 3,179 ha | 5,996 ha | 2,817 ha | Niger |
| 2020s | 3,319 ha | 5,682 ha | 2,363 ha | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher dates — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Niger?
- Niger, at 5,673 ha against 3,337 ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in dates — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Niger?
- 2,336 ha, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Niger?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Niger rank globally for dates — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 17th and Niger ranks 19th of 23 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Dates — 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.