Nigeria vs Southern Asia: Papayas — Area harvested
Papayas — Area harvested over time
- Nigeria
- Southern Asia
How they compare
Southern Asia currently reports 159,344 ha against 95,363 ha in Nigeria, a difference of 63,981 ha.
That makes Southern Asia's figure about 1.7 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Nigeria ranks 2nd and Southern Asia ranks 2nd of 64 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 4 and Southern Asia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Southern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,778 ha | 9,504 ha | 28,274 ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 47,500 ha | 17,433 ha | 30,067 ha | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 55,700 ha | 34,989 ha | 20,711 ha | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 77,689 ha | 64,632 ha | 13,057 ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 91,495 ha | 93,693 ha | 2,198 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2010s | 93,265 ha | 156,444 ha | 63,180 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2020s | 95,291 ha | 164,335 ha | 69,044 ha | Southern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher papayas — area harvested, Nigeria or Southern Asia?
- Southern Asia, at 159,344 ha against 95,363 ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in papayas — area harvested between Nigeria and Southern Asia?
- 63,981 ha, with Southern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Southern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and Southern Asia rank globally for papayas — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 2nd and Southern Asia ranks 2nd of 64 countries.
- 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.