Nigeria vs Sierra Leone: Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested over time
- Nigeria
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 152,867 ha against 119,429 ha in Sierra Leone, a difference of 33,438 ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.3 times Sierra Leone's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.
Nigeria ranks 8th and Sierra Leone ranks 11th of 116 countries.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 99,111 ha | 46,444 ha | 52,667 ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 109,900 ha | 48,950 ha | 60,950 ha | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 118,800 ha | 52,600 ha | 66,200 ha | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 91,562 ha | 60,906 ha | 30,657 ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 115,710 ha | 87,200 ha | 28,510 ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 141,771 ha | 117,007 ha | 24,764 ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 153,271 ha | 118,813 ha | 34,458 ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested, Nigeria or Sierra Leone?
- Nigeria, at 152,867 ha against 119,429 ha in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
- What is the difference in other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested between Nigeria and Sierra Leone?
- 33,438 ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Sierra Leone?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and Sierra Leone rank globally for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 8th and Sierra Leone ranks 11th of 116 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Other pulses n.e.c. — 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.