Mauritania vs Nigeria: Sorghum — Area harvested, per capita

Mauritania
0.0464 ha per person
in 2024
Nigeria
0.0262 ha per person
in 2024
Mauritania rank
8th
Nigeria rank
11th

Sorghum — Area harvested, per capita over time

  • Mauritania
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 0.0464 ha per person against 0.0262 ha per person in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0202 ha per person.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.8 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mauritania ahead.

Mauritania ranks 8th and Nigeria ranks 11th of 108 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 0.2346 ha per person 0.1071 ha per person 0.1276 ha per person Mauritania
1970s 0.1046 ha per person 0.0679 ha per person 0.0367 ha per person Mauritania
1980s 0.0735 ha per person 0.0461 ha per person 0.0275 ha per person Mauritania
1990s 0.073 ha per person 0.0534 ha per person 0.0196 ha per person Mauritania
2000s 0.056 ha per person 0.0484 ha per person 0.0076 ha per person Mauritania
2010s 0.0439 ha per person 0.0288 ha per person 0.0151 ha per person Mauritania
2020s 0.0418 ha per person 0.0262 ha per person 0.0156 ha per person Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, per capita, Mauritania or Nigeria?
Mauritania, at 0.0464 ha per person against 0.0262 ha per person in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested, per capita between Mauritania and Nigeria?
0.0202 ha per person, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Nigeria?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Mauritania and Nigeria rank globally for sorghum — area harvested, per capita?
Mauritania ranks 8th and Nigeria ranks 11th of 108 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Sorghum — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Sorghum — Area harvested, per capita
Unit
ha per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
109 places, 5,668 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Sorghum — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.