Nigeria vs World: Melonseed — Area harvested

Nigeria
902,028 ha
in 2024
World
1.82 million ha
in 2024
Nigeria rank
1st
World rank
1st

Melonseed — Area harvested over time

  • Nigeria
  • World
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M196119922024

How they compare

World currently reports 1.82 million ha against 902,028 ha in Nigeria, a difference of 918,692 ha.

That makes World's figure about 2.0 times Nigeria's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, World has been ahead every year.

Nigeria ranks 1st and World ranks 1st of 17 countries.

World has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nigeria World Difference Ahead
1960s 345,889 ha 492,175 ha 146,286 ha World
1970s 272,900 ha 455,045 ha 182,145 ha World
1980s 148,900 ha 374,340 ha 225,440 ha World
1990s 291,800 ha 697,723 ha 405,923 ha World
2000s 640,859 ha 1.07 million ha 428,218 ha World
2010s 804,359 ha 1.72 million ha 911,183 ha World
2020s 906,177 ha 1.83 million ha 919,789 ha World

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher melonseed — area harvested, Nigeria or World?
World, at 1.82 million ha against 902,028 ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in melonseed — area harvested between Nigeria and World?
918,692 ha, with World ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and World?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Nigeria and World rank globally for melonseed — area harvested?
Nigeria ranks 1st and World ranks 1st of 17 countries.
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

Indicator
Melonseed — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
36 places, 1,882 data points, 1961–2024
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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.