Africa vs Nigeria: Melonseed — Area harvested
Melonseed — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Nigeria
How they compare
Africa currently reports 1.76 million ha against 902,028 ha in Nigeria, a difference of 857,082 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 2.0 times Nigeria's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 1st of 15 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 487,391 ha | 345,889 ha | 141,502 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 440,642 ha | 272,900 ha | 167,742 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 354,470 ha | 148,900 ha | 205,570 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 606,814 ha | 291,800 ha | 315,014 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 995,955 ha | 640,859 ha | 355,096 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 1.65 million ha | 804,359 ha | 842,895 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 1.76 million ha | 906,177 ha | 858,301 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher melonseed — area harvested, Africa or Nigeria?
- Africa, at 1.76 million ha against 902,028 ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in melonseed — area harvested between Africa and Nigeria?
- 857,082 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Nigeria rank globally for melonseed — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 1st of 15 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Melonseed — 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.