Middle Africa vs Nigeria: Sweet potatoes — Production
Sweet potatoes — Production over time
- Middle Africa
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 4.09 million t against 3.73 million t in Middle Africa, a difference of 360,590 t.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Middle Africa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Middle Africa ahead.
Middle Africa ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 4th of 16 regions.
Across the 7 decades both report, Middle Africa averaged higher in 3 and Nigeria in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Middle Africa | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 568,108 t | 169,222 t | 398,885 t | Middle Africa |
| 1970s | 655,946 t | 102,300 t | 553,646 t | Middle Africa |
| 1980s | 738,703 t | 98,600 t | 640,103 t | Middle Africa |
| 1990s | 789,765 t | 935,900 t | 146,135 t | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 1.16 million t | 2.91 million t | 1.75 million t | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 2.67 million t | 3.80 million t | 1.13 million t | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 3.40 million t | 4.09 million t | 683,962 t | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — production, Middle Africa or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 4.09 million t against 3.73 million t in Middle Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — production between Middle Africa and Nigeria?
- 360,590 t, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Middle Africa and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Middle Africa and Nigeria rank globally for sweet potatoes — production?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 4th of 16 regions.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sweet potatoes — Production. 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.