Nigeria vs Western Asia: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Nigeria
- Western Asia
How they compare
Western Asia currently reports 391,085 ha against 327,188 ha in Nigeria, a difference of 63,897 ha.
That makes Western Asia's figure about 1.2 times Nigeria's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Asia has been ahead every year.
Nigeria ranks 11th and Western Asia ranks 19th of 153 countries.
Western Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,000 ha | 177,687 ha | 175,687 ha | Western Asia |
| 1970s | 3,642 ha | 217,973 ha | 214,330 ha | Western Asia |
| 1980s | 6,770 ha | 254,329 ha | 247,559 ha | Western Asia |
| 1990s | 33,440 ha | 377,798 ha | 344,358 ha | Western Asia |
| 2000s | 243,700 ha | 448,926 ha | 205,226 ha | Western Asia |
| 2010s | 310,866 ha | 384,287 ha | 73,421 ha | Western Asia |
| 2020s | 328,067 ha | 369,689 ha | 41,621 ha | Western Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Nigeria or Western Asia?
- Western Asia, at 391,085 ha against 327,188 ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Nigeria and Western Asia?
- 63,897 ha, with Western Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and Western Asia rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 11th and Western Asia ranks 19th 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.