Asia vs Nigeria: Melonseed — Area harvested
Melonseed — Area harvested over time
- Asia
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 902,028 ha against 61,586 ha in Asia, a difference of 840,442 ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 14.6 times Asia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.
Asia ranks 4th and Nigeria ranks 1st of 5 groups.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,983 ha | 345,889 ha | 343,906 ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 11,068 ha | 272,900 ha | 261,832 ha | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 17,557 ha | 148,900 ha | 131,343 ha | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 89,722 ha | 291,800 ha | 202,078 ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 71,337 ha | 640,859 ha | 569,522 ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 66,288 ha | 804,359 ha | 738,071 ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 61,462 ha | 906,177 ha | 844,715 ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher melonseed — area harvested, Asia or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 902,028 ha against 61,586 ha in Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in melonseed — area harvested between Asia and Nigeria?
- 840,442 ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Asia and Nigeria rank globally for melonseed — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 4th and Nigeria ranks 1st of 5 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.