Niger vs South America: Dates — Area harvested
Dates — Area harvested over time
- Niger
- South America
How they compare
Niger currently reports 5,673 ha against 163 ha in South America, a difference of 5,510 ha.
That makes Niger's figure about 34.8 times South America's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Niger has been ahead every year.
Niger ranks 18th and South America ranks 20th of 37 countries.
Niger has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Niger | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,544 ha | 125 ha | 1,419 ha | Niger |
| 1970s | 1,835 ha | 113.2 ha | 1,722 ha | Niger |
| 1980s | 2,171 ha | 197.3 ha | 1,974 ha | Niger |
| 1990s | 2,462 ha | 164.5 ha | 2,297 ha | Niger |
| 2000s | 4,223 ha | 93.1 ha | 4,130 ha | Niger |
| 2010s | 5,996 ha | 108.6 ha | 5,888 ha | Niger |
| 2020s | 5,682 ha | 155 ha | 5,527 ha | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher dates — area harvested, Niger or South America?
- Niger, at 5,673 ha against 163 ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in dates — area harvested between Niger and South America?
- 5,510 ha, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Niger and South America rank globally for dates — area harvested?
- Niger ranks 18th and South America ranks 20th of 37 countries.
- 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.