Mali vs Nigeria: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested over time
- Mali
- Nigeria
How they compare
Mali currently reports 625,645 ha against 589,825 ha in Nigeria, a difference of 35,820 ha.
That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Mali ranks 11th and Nigeria ranks 12th of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 2 and Nigeria in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,976 ha | 307,111 ha | 251,135 ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 90,068 ha | 507,700 ha | 417,632 ha | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 135,659 ha | 370,700 ha | 235,041 ha | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 340,196 ha | 495,309 ha | 155,113 ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 404,697 ha | 550,758 ha | 146,061 ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 563,659 ha | 340,606 ha | 223,053 ha | Mali |
| 2020s | 565,365 ha | 530,066 ha | 35,299 ha | Mali |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, Mali or Nigeria?
- Mali, at 625,645 ha against 589,825 ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested between Mali and Nigeria?
- 35,820 ha, with Mali ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Mali and Nigeria rank globally for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- Mali ranks 11th and Nigeria ranks 12th of 133 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.