Nigeria vs World: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested over time
- Nigeria
- World
How they compare
World currently reports 1.07 million ha against 201,276 ha in Nigeria, a difference of 873,184 ha.
That makes World's figure about 5.3 times Nigeria's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, World has been ahead every year.
Nigeria ranks 1st and World ranks 1st of 60 countries.
World has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 125,333 ha | 788,997 ha | 663,664 ha | World |
| 1970s | 90,300 ha | 787,472 ha | 697,172 ha | World |
| 1980s | 111,400 ha | 810,107 ha | 698,707 ha | World |
| 1990s | 160,771 ha | 1.01 million ha | 851,817 ha | World |
| 2000s | 164,626 ha | 1.11 million ha | 942,068 ha | World |
| 2010s | 196,741 ha | 1.14 million ha | 943,158 ha | World |
| 2020s | 200,308 ha | 1.09 million ha | 888,788 ha | World |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher green corn (maize) — area harvested, Nigeria or World?
- World, at 1.07 million ha against 201,276 ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in green corn (maize) — area harvested between Nigeria and World?
- 873,184 ha, with World ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and World?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and World rank globally for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 1st and World ranks 1st of 60 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Green corn (maize) — 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.