Northern Africa vs Senegal: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested over time
- Northern Africa
- Senegal
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 2.55 million ha against 1.27 million ha in Senegal, a difference of 1.28 million ha.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 2.0 times Senegal's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Senegal ahead.
Northern Africa ranks 10th and Senegal ranks 7th of 27 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Northern Africa averaged higher in 4 and Senegal in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Northern Africa | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 370,945 ha | 1.08 million ha | 710,430 ha | Senegal |
| 1970s | 843,643 ha | 1.13 million ha | 291,218 ha | Senegal |
| 1980s | 736,698 ha | 916,431 ha | 179,733 ha | Senegal |
| 1990s | 982,625 ha | 839,503 ha | 143,121 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 1.15 million ha | 797,149 ha | 351,050 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 2.19 million ha | 1.01 million ha | 1.18 million ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 3.23 million ha | 1.24 million ha | 1.99 million ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, Northern Africa or Senegal?
- Northern Africa, at 2.55 million ha against 1.27 million ha in Senegal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested between Northern Africa and Senegal?
- 1.28 million ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Africa and Senegal?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Northern Africa and Senegal rank globally for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 10th and Senegal ranks 7th of 27 groups.
- 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.