Europe vs Nigeria: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Europe
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 88,518 ha against 81 ha in Europe, a difference of 88,437 ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1,092.8 times Europe's.
Across all 57 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.
Europe ranks 23rd and Nigeria ranks 24th of 25 regions.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Europe | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,494 ha | 12,000 ha | 5,506 ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 5,837 ha | 18,250 ha | 12,413 ha | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 3,888 ha | 21,860 ha | 17,972 ha | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 1,679 ha | 21,877 ha | 20,198 ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 657.1 ha | 47,095 ha | 46,438 ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 70 ha | 70,640 ha | 70,570 ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Europe or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 88,518 ha against 81 ha in Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Europe and Nigeria?
- 88,437 ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and Nigeria?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
- How do Europe and Nigeria rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 23rd and Nigeria ranks 24th of 25 regions.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sugar cane — 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.