China vs Nigeria: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production

China
153.49 million t
in 2024
Nigeria
141.87 million t
in 2024
China rank
1st
Nigeria rank
3rd

Roots and Tubers, Total — Production over time

  • China
  • Nigeria
050.0M100.0M150.0M200.0M196119922024

How they compare

China currently reports 153.49 million t against 141.87 million t in Nigeria, a difference of 11.62 million t.

That makes China's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

China ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 3rd of 191 countries.

China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 105.85 million t 16.04 million t 89.81 million t China
1970s 146.59 million t 18.81 million t 127.77 million t China
1980s 142.11 million t 19.10 million t 123.01 million t China
1990s 163.78 million t 53.53 million t 110.25 million t China
2000s 170.37 million t 75.16 million t 95.21 million t China
2010s 148.07 million t 107.47 million t 40.60 million t China
2020s 152.28 million t 134.66 million t 17.62 million t China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher roots and tubers, total — production, China or Nigeria?
China, at 153.49 million t against 141.87 million t in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — production between China and Nigeria?
11.62 million t, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Nigeria?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China and Nigeria rank globally for roots and tubers, total — production?
China ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 3rd of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Roots and Tubers, Total — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,982 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.