Least Developed Countries (LDCs) vs Nigeria: Melonseed — Area harvested
Melonseed — Area harvested over time
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 902,028 ha against 721,991 ha in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), a difference of 180,037 ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times Least Developed Countries (LDCs)'s.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 1st 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 | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 76,306 ha | 345,889 ha | 269,583 ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 89,774 ha | 272,900 ha | 183,126 ha | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 108,960 ha | 148,900 ha | 39,940 ha | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 211,417 ha | 291,800 ha | 80,383 ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 245,694 ha | 640,859 ha | 395,165 ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 715,716 ha | 804,359 ha | 88,643 ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 723,026 ha | 906,177 ha | 183,151 ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher melonseed — area harvested, Least Developed Countries (LDCs) or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 902,028 ha against 721,991 ha in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in melonseed — area harvested between Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Nigeria?
- 180,037 ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Nigeria rank globally for melonseed — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 1st 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.