Nigeria vs Pakistan: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
How they compare
Pakistan currently reports 338,715 ha against 327,188 ha in Nigeria, a difference of 11,527 ha.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Pakistan ahead.
Nigeria ranks 11th and Pakistan ranks 8th of 153 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 3 and Pakistan in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Pakistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,000 ha | 16,960 ha | 14,960 ha | Pakistan |
| 1970s | 3,642 ha | 25,646 ha | 22,004 ha | Pakistan |
| 1980s | 6,770 ha | 52,731 ha | 45,961 ha | Pakistan |
| 1990s | 33,440 ha | 84,080 ha | 50,640 ha | Pakistan |
| 2000s | 243,700 ha | 120,491 ha | 123,209 ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 310,866 ha | 173,408 ha | 137,458 ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 328,067 ha | 282,619 ha | 45,448 ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Nigeria or Pakistan?
- Pakistan, at 338,715 ha against 327,188 ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Nigeria and Pakistan?
- 11,527 ha, with Pakistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Pakistan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and Pakistan rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 11th and Pakistan ranks 8th of 153 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Potatoes — 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.