Mali vs Nigeria: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested over time
- Mali
- Nigeria
How they compare
Mali currently reports 623,042 ha against 588,813 ha in Nigeria, a difference of 34,229 ha.
That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Mali ranks 9th and Nigeria ranks 11th of 94 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 2 and Nigeria in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,950 ha | 307,111 ha | 251,161 ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 88,392 ha | 507,700 ha | 419,308 ha | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 132,809 ha | 369,800 ha | 236,991 ha | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 337,772 ha | 494,297 ha | 156,525 ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 402,663 ha | 549,758 ha | 147,095 ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 561,009 ha | 339,601 ha | 221,408 ha | Mali |
| 2020s | 562,762 ha | 529,056 ha | 33,707 ha | Mali |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher seed cotton, unginned — area harvested, Mali or Nigeria?
- Mali, at 623,042 ha against 588,813 ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in seed cotton, unginned — area harvested between Mali and Nigeria?
- 34,229 ha, with Mali ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Mali and Nigeria rank globally for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Mali ranks 9th and Nigeria ranks 11th of 94 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Seed cotton, unginned — 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.