Africa vs China (People's Republic of): Millet — Production
Millet — Production over time
- Africa
- China (People's Republic of)
How they compare
Africa currently reports 13.50 million t against 2.78 million t in China (People's Republic of), a difference of 10.72 million t.
That makes Africa's figure about 4.8 times China (People's Republic of)'s.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China (People's Republic of) ahead.
Africa ranks 2nd and China (People's Republic of) ranks 3rd of 29 regions.
Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 6 and China (People's Republic of) in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | China (People's Republic of) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.08 million t | 7.48 million t | 399,057 t | China (People's Republic of) |
| 1970s | 7.89 million t | 7.17 million t | 716,377 t | Africa |
| 1980s | 8.84 million t | 5.56 million t | 3.28 million t | Africa |
| 1990s | 11.98 million t | 3.34 million t | 8.64 million t | Africa |
| 2000s | 15.46 million t | 1.77 million t | 13.70 million t | Africa |
| 2010s | 13.13 million t | 1.99 million t | 11.14 million t | Africa |
| 2020s | 13.49 million t | 2.71 million t | 10.78 million t | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher millet — production, Africa or China (People's Republic of)?
- Africa, at 13.50 million t against 2.78 million t in China (People's Republic of) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in millet — production between Africa and China (People's Republic of)?
- 10.72 million t, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and China (People's Republic of)?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and China (People's Republic of) rank globally for millet — production?
- Africa ranks 2nd and China (People's Republic of) ranks 3rd of 29 regions.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Millet — Production. 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.