Africa vs Nigeria: Papayas — Area harvested
Papayas — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Nigeria
How they compare
Africa currently reports 145,753 ha against 95,363 ha in Nigeria, a difference of 50,390 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 1.5 times Nigeria's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 2nd of 21 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53,639 ha | 37,778 ha | 15,861 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 67,165 ha | 47,500 ha | 19,665 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 78,655 ha | 55,700 ha | 22,955 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 108,814 ha | 77,689 ha | 31,125 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 125,645 ha | 91,495 ha | 34,150 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 136,973 ha | 93,265 ha | 43,708 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 143,575 ha | 95,291 ha | 48,284 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher papayas — area harvested, Africa or Nigeria?
- Africa, at 145,753 ha against 95,363 ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in papayas — area harvested between Africa and Nigeria?
- 50,390 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Nigeria rank globally for papayas — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 2nd of 21 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Papayas — 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.