Nigeria vs Southern Asia: Ginger, raw — Area harvested
Ginger, raw — Area harvested over time
- Nigeria
- Southern Asia
How they compare
Southern Asia currently reports 233,308 ha against 89,430 ha in Nigeria, a difference of 143,878 ha.
That makes Southern Asia's figure about 2.6 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Asia ahead.
Nigeria ranks 2nd and Southern Asia ranks 2nd of 40 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 2 and Southern Asia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Southern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 160 ha | 28,469 ha | 28,309 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1970s | 164 ha | 37,247 ha | 37,083 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1980s | 23,340 ha | 59,863 ha | 36,523 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1990s | 133,200 ha | 86,701 ha | 46,499 ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 134,568 ha | 114,825 ha | 19,743 ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 79,659 ha | 182,864 ha | 103,205 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2020s | 96,012 ha | 235,556 ha | 139,544 ha | Southern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher ginger, raw — area harvested, Nigeria or Southern Asia?
- Southern Asia, at 233,308 ha against 89,430 ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in ginger, raw — area harvested between Nigeria and Southern Asia?
- 143,878 ha, with Southern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Southern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and Southern Asia rank globally for ginger, raw — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 2nd and Southern Asia ranks 2nd of 40 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.