Nicaragua vs Western Africa: Rice — Yield
Rice — Yield over time
- Nicaragua
- Western Africa
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 6,023 kg/ha against 2,162 kg/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 3,861 kg/ha.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 2.8 times Western Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Nicaragua has been ahead every year.
Nicaragua ranks 26th and Western Africa ranks 27th of 114 countries.
Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nicaragua | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,247 kg/ha | 1,141 kg/ha | 1,106 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 3,004 kg/ha | 1,323 kg/ha | 1,680 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 3,417 kg/ha | 1,554 kg/ha | 1,863 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 3,331 kg/ha | 1,641 kg/ha | 1,690 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 3,538 kg/ha | 1,680 kg/ha | 1,859 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 5,536 kg/ha | 2,011 kg/ha | 3,525 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 6,298 kg/ha | 2,133 kg/ha | 4,164 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — yield, Nicaragua or Western Africa?
- Nicaragua, at 6,023 kg/ha against 2,162 kg/ha in Western Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in rice — yield between Nicaragua and Western Africa?
- 3,861 kg/ha, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Western Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Nicaragua and Western Africa rank globally for rice — yield?
- Nicaragua ranks 26th and Western Africa ranks 27th of 114 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Rice — Yield. 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.