Guinea vs Nigeria: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Guinea
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 4.57 million ha against 2.43 million ha in Guinea, a difference of 2.14 million ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.9 times Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Guinea ranks 12th and Nigeria ranks 9th of 133 countries.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 148,223 ha | 201,222 ha | 52,999 ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 223,532 ha | 280,900 ha | 57,368 ha | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 343,940 ha | 783,800 ha | 439,860 ha | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 529,212 ha | 1.77 million ha | 1.24 million ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 718,448 ha | 2.29 million ha | 1.58 million ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 1.68 million ha | 3.31 million ha | 1.63 million ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 2.09 million ha | 4.44 million ha | 2.34 million ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Guinea or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 4.57 million ha against 2.43 million ha in Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Guinea and Nigeria?
- 2.14 million ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Guinea and Nigeria rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Guinea ranks 12th and Nigeria ranks 9th of 133 countries.
- 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.