Middle Africa vs Nigeria: Melonseed — Area harvested
Melonseed — Area harvested over time
- Middle Africa
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 902,028 ha against 331,060 ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 570,968 ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 2.7 times Middle Africa's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Middle Africa ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 1st of 5 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Middle Africa averaged higher in 1 and Nigeria in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Middle Africa | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 133,697 ha | 345,889 ha | 212,192 ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 157,988 ha | 272,900 ha | 114,912 ha | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 193,880 ha | 148,900 ha | 44,980 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1990s | 229,290 ha | 291,800 ha | 62,510 ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 272,229 ha | 640,859 ha | 368,630 ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 318,747 ha | 804,359 ha | 485,612 ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 330,816 ha | 906,177 ha | 575,361 ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher melonseed — area harvested, Middle Africa or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 902,028 ha against 331,060 ha in Middle Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in melonseed — area harvested between Middle Africa and Nigeria?
- 570,968 ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Middle Africa and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Middle Africa and Nigeria rank globally for melonseed — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 2nd 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.