Malawi vs Nigeria: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per capita (Area)

Malawi
0.0185 ha per person
in 2024
Nigeria
0.0148 ha per person
in 2024
Malawi rank
15th
Nigeria rank
18th

Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per capita (Area) over time

  • Malawi
  • Nigeria
0.010.020.030.040.05196119922024

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.0185 ha per person against 0.0148 ha per person in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0037 ha per person.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.2 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 15th and Nigeria ranks 18th of 103 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 6 and Nigeria in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malawi Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0479 ha per person 0.0387 ha per person 0.0093 ha per person Malawi
1970s 0.0463 ha per person 0.0225 ha per person 0.0238 ha per person Malawi
1980s 0.0256 ha per person 0.0077 ha per person 0.018 ha per person Malawi
1990s 0.0087 ha per person 0.0147 ha per person 0.0059 ha per person Nigeria
2000s 0.0179 ha per person 0.0148 ha per person 0.0031 ha per person Malawi
2010s 0.0221 ha per person 0.0162 ha per person 0.006 ha per person Malawi
2020s 0.0198 ha per person 0.0158 ha per person 0.004 ha per person Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per capita, Malawi or Nigeria?
Malawi, at 0.0185 ha per person against 0.0148 ha per person in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per capita between Malawi and Nigeria?
0.0037 ha per person, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Nigeria?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Malawi and Nigeria rank globally for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per capita?
Malawi ranks 15th and Nigeria ranks 18th of 103 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per capita
Unit
ha per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
104 places, 5,942 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.