Malawi vs Nigeria: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per square kilometre
Malawi
4.24 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Nigeria
3.79 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Malawi rank
4th
Nigeria rank
5th
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per square kilometre over time
- Malawi
- Nigeria
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 4.24 ha per square kilometre against 3.79 ha per square kilometre in Nigeria, a difference of 0.45 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 4th and Nigeria ranks 5th of 103 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 5 and Nigeria in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.09 ha per square kilometre | 2.13 ha per square kilometre | 0.0423 ha per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 2.57 ha per square kilometre | 1.5 ha per square kilometre | 1.07 ha per square kilometre | Malawi |
| 1980s | 1.99 ha per square kilometre | 0.7083 ha per square kilometre | 1.28 ha per square kilometre | Malawi |
| 1990s | 0.9665 ha per square kilometre | 1.8 ha per square kilometre | 0.8331 ha per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 2.43 ha per square kilometre | 2.33 ha per square kilometre | 0.0973 ha per square kilometre | Malawi |
| 2010s | 3.98 ha per square kilometre | 3.35 ha per square kilometre | 0.628 ha per square kilometre | Malawi |
| 2020s | 4.35 ha per square kilometre | 3.89 ha per square kilometre | 0.4574 ha per square kilometre | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per square kilometre, Malawi or Nigeria?
- Malawi, at 4.24 ha per square kilometre against 3.79 ha per square kilometre in Nigeria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per square kilometre between Malawi and Nigeria?
- 0.45 ha per square kilometre, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Nigeria?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Malawi and Nigeria rank globally for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Malawi ranks 4th and Nigeria ranks 5th of 103 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.