Malaysia vs Nigeria: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested over time
- Malaysia
- Nigeria
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 5.07 million ha against 4.49 million ha in Nigeria, a difference of 577,680 ha.
That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Malaysia ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 3rd of 41 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 3 and Nigeria in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malaysia | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68,983 ha | 2.46 million ha | 2.39 million ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 381,165 ha | 2.11 million ha | 1.73 million ha | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 1.17 million ha | 2.16 million ha | 989,478 ha | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 2.53 million ha | 2.75 million ha | 226,536 ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 3.99 million ha | 3.20 million ha | 788,890 ha | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 5.02 million ha | 3.34 million ha | 1.68 million ha | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 5.14 million ha | 4.26 million ha | 878,958 ha | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — area harvested, Malaysia or Nigeria?
- Malaysia, at 5.07 million ha against 4.49 million ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — area harvested between Malaysia and Nigeria?
- 577,680 ha, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Malaysia and Nigeria rank globally for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 3rd of 41 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oil palm fruit — 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.