China vs Nigeria: Ginger, raw — Area harvested
Ginger, raw — Area harvested over time
- China
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 89,430 ha against 55,652 ha in China, a difference of 33,778 ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.6 times China's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China ahead.
China ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 2nd of 44 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 2 and Nigeria in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,753 ha | 160 ha | 1,593 ha | China |
| 1970s | 3,373 ha | 164 ha | 3,209 ha | China |
| 1980s | 4,614 ha | 23,340 ha | 18,726 ha | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 11,778 ha | 133,200 ha | 121,422 ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 25,362 ha | 134,568 ha | 109,206 ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 48,044 ha | 79,659 ha | 31,615 ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 55,573 ha | 96,012 ha | 40,439 ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher ginger, raw — area harvested, China or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 89,430 ha against 55,652 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in ginger, raw — area harvested between China and Nigeria?
- 33,778 ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Nigeria rank globally for ginger, raw — area harvested?
- China ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 2nd of 44 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Ginger, raw — 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.