Mauritania vs Nigeria: Sorghum — Production, per capita

Mauritania
0.0221 t per person
in 2024
Nigeria
0.0279 t per person
in 2024
Mauritania rank
18th
Nigeria rank
16th

Sorghum — Production, per capita over time

  • Mauritania
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.0279 t per person against 0.0221 t per person in Mauritania, a difference of 0.0058 t per person.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.3 times Mauritania's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mauritania ahead.

Mauritania ranks 18th and Nigeria ranks 16th of 108 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 1 and Nigeria in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0911 t per person 0.0777 t per person 0.0134 t per person Mauritania
1970s 0.0304 t per person 0.0521 t per person 0.0217 t per person Nigeria
1980s 0.0351 t per person 0.0532 t per person 0.0181 t per person Nigeria
1990s 0.0404 t per person 0.0581 t per person 0.0178 t per person Nigeria
2000s 0.0231 t per person 0.0571 t per person 0.034 t per person Nigeria
2010s 0.0201 t per person 0.0351 t per person 0.015 t per person Nigeria
2020s 0.0191 t per person 0.0296 t per person 0.0105 t per person Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sorghum — production, per capita, Mauritania or Nigeria?
Nigeria, at 0.0279 t per person against 0.0221 t per person in Mauritania as of 2024.
What is the difference in sorghum — production, per capita between Mauritania and Nigeria?
0.0058 t per person, with Nigeria 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 — production, per capita?
Mauritania ranks 18th and Nigeria ranks 16th of 108 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Sorghum — Production, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Sorghum — Production, per capita
Unit
t 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 — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.