Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) vs Nigeria: Soya beans — Area harvested
Soya beans — Area harvested over time
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- Nigeria
How they compare
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) currently reports 2.39 million ha against 1.13 million ha in Nigeria, a difference of 1.26 million ha.
That makes Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)'s figure about 2.1 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 6th and Nigeria ranks 11th of 10 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) averaged higher in 3 and Nigeria in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,420 ha | 178,000 ha | 122,580 ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 81,645 ha | 211,500 ha | 129,855 ha | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 176,497 ha | 325,100 ha | 148,603 ha | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 303,732 ha | 557,050 ha | 253,318 ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 619,442 ha | 578,800 ha | 40,642 ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
| 2010s | 1.11 million ha | 798,501 ha | 310,025 ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
| 2020s | 2.20 million ha | 1.17 million ha | 1.03 million ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) or Nigeria?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), at 2.39 million ha against 1.13 million ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) and Nigeria?
- 1.26 million ha, with Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) and Nigeria rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 6th and Nigeria ranks 11th of 10 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Soya beans — 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.