Burkina Faso vs Nigeria: Sorghum — Area harvested, per square kilometre
Burkina Faso
6.56 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Nigeria
6.26 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Burkina Faso rank
1st
Nigeria rank
3rd
Sorghum — Area harvested, per square kilometre over time
- Burkina Faso
- Nigeria
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 6.56 ha per square kilometre against 6.26 ha per square kilometre in Nigeria, a difference of 0.3 ha per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 3rd of 107 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 2 and Nigeria in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.65 ha per square kilometre | 5.91 ha per square kilometre | 2.26 ha per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 3.95 ha per square kilometre | 4.6 ha per square kilometre | 0.6488 ha per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 4.16 ha per square kilometre | 4.31 ha per square kilometre | 0.1451 ha per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 4.89 ha per square kilometre | 6.45 ha per square kilometre | 1.56 ha per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 5.56 ha per square kilometre | 7.56 ha per square kilometre | 2 ha per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 6.38 ha per square kilometre | 5.94 ha per square kilometre | 0.44 ha per square kilometre | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 6.68 ha per square kilometre | 6.35 ha per square kilometre | 0.3342 ha per square kilometre | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, per square kilometre, Burkina Faso or Nigeria?
- Burkina Faso, at 6.56 ha per square kilometre against 6.26 ha per square kilometre in Nigeria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested, per square kilometre between Burkina Faso and Nigeria?
- 0.3 ha per square kilometre, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Nigeria?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Burkina Faso and Nigeria rank globally for sorghum — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Burkina Faso ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 3rd of 107 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Sorghum — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Sorghum — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.