Eastern Africa vs Nigeria: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 4.57 million ha against 4.26 million ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 309,730 ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Eastern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Africa ahead.
Eastern Africa ranks 11th and Nigeria ranks 9th of 28 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eastern Africa averaged higher in 5 and Nigeria in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.11 million ha | 201,222 ha | 907,922 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 1.44 million ha | 280,900 ha | 1.16 million ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 1.65 million ha | 783,800 ha | 861,518 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 1.86 million ha | 1.77 million ha | 94,779 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 2.39 million ha | 2.29 million ha | 98,090 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 3.01 million ha | 3.31 million ha | 303,153 ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 4.02 million ha | 4.44 million ha | 417,248 ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 4.57 million ha against 4.26 million ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Nigeria?
- 309,730 ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Nigeria rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 11th and Nigeria ranks 9th of 28 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Rice — 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.