Nigeria vs Western Asia: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Nigeria
- Western Asia
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 88,518 ha against 302 ha in Western Asia, a difference of 88,216 ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 293.1 times Western Asia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.
Nigeria ranks 24th and Western Asia ranks 22nd of 103 countries.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,000 ha | 590.67 ha | 11,409 ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 18,250 ha | 3,416 ha | 14,834 ha | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 21,860 ha | 2,871 ha | 18,989 ha | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 21,877 ha | 3,954 ha | 17,923 ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 47,095 ha | 1,797 ha | 45,298 ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 73,994 ha | 544.7 ha | 73,449 ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 88,847 ha | 220.6 ha | 88,626 ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Nigeria or Western Asia?
- Nigeria, at 88,518 ha against 302 ha in Western Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Nigeria and Western Asia?
- 88,216 ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and Western Asia rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 24th and Western Asia ranks 22nd of 103 countries.
- 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.