Nigeria vs South-Eastern Asia: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested over time
- Nigeria
- South-Eastern Asia
How they compare
South-Eastern Asia currently reports 20.51 million ha against 4.49 million ha in Nigeria, a difference of 16.02 million ha.
That makes South-Eastern Asia's figure about 4.6 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Nigeria ranks 3rd and South-Eastern Asia ranks 2nd of 41 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 3 and South-Eastern Asia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | South-Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.46 million ha | 150,739 ha | 2.30 million ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 2.11 million ha | 518,253 ha | 1.59 million ha | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 2.16 million ha | 1.58 million ha | 578,137 ha | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 2.75 million ha | 3.92 million ha | 1.17 million ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 3.20 million ha | 7.95 million ha | 4.74 million ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 3.34 million ha | 14.67 million ha | 11.33 million ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 4.26 million ha | 20.10 million ha | 15.84 million ha | South-Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — area harvested, Nigeria or South-Eastern Asia?
- South-Eastern Asia, at 20.51 million ha against 4.49 million ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — area harvested between Nigeria and South-Eastern Asia?
- 16.02 million ha, with South-Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and South-Eastern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and South-Eastern Asia rank globally for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 3rd and South-Eastern Asia ranks 2nd 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.