Mali vs Northern Africa: Millet — Area harvested
Millet — Area harvested over time
- Mali
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 2.89 million ha against 2.12 million ha in Mali, a difference of 765,560 ha.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 1.4 times Mali's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mali ahead.
Mali ranks 6th and Northern Africa ranks 8th of 86 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 1 and Northern Africa in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 647,222 ha | 567,359 ha | 79,863 ha | Mali |
| 1970s | 633,400 ha | 1.07 million ha | 441,245 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1980s | 862,109 ha | 1.44 million ha | 579,923 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1990s | 1.10 million ha | 1.98 million ha | 871,313 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 1.44 million ha | 2.25 million ha | 810,890 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 1.94 million ha | 2.58 million ha | 635,928 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 2.13 million ha | 3.14 million ha | 1.02 million ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher millet — area harvested, Mali or Northern Africa?
- Northern Africa, at 2.89 million ha against 2.12 million ha in Mali as of 2024.
- What is the difference in millet — area harvested between Mali and Northern Africa?
- 765,560 ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Mali and Northern Africa rank globally for millet — area harvested?
- Mali ranks 6th and Northern Africa ranks 8th of 86 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Millet — 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.