Guinea vs Northern Africa: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested over time
- Guinea
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 2.55 million ha against 880,000 ha in Guinea, a difference of 1.67 million ha.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 2.9 times Guinea's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Northern Africa has been ahead every year.
Guinea ranks 10th and Northern Africa ranks 10th of 112 countries.
Northern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 107,572 ha | 370,945 ha | 263,373 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1970s | 120,849 ha | 843,643 ha | 722,795 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1980s | 118,557 ha | 736,698 ha | 618,141 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1990s | 144,693 ha | 982,625 ha | 837,931 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 188,223 ha | 1.15 million ha | 959,977 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 506,780 ha | 2.19 million ha | 1.68 million ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 830,293 ha | 3.23 million ha | 2.40 million ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, Guinea or Northern Africa?
- Northern Africa, at 2.55 million ha against 880,000 ha in Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested between Guinea and Northern Africa?
- 1.67 million ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Guinea and Northern Africa rank globally for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Guinea ranks 10th and Northern Africa ranks 10th of 112 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.