Africa vs Nigeria: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Nigeria
How they compare
Africa currently reports 2.24 million ha against 1.39 million ha in Nigeria, a difference of 845,090 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 1.6 times Nigeria's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 1st of 21 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 750,388 ha | 262,222 ha | 488,166 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 907,352 ha | 166,300 ha | 741,052 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 687,900 ha | 88,100 ha | 599,800 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 942,492 ha | 234,602 ha | 707,890 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 1.03 million ha | 338,463 ha | 687,646 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 1.52 million ha | 802,513 ha | 713,757 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 2.15 million ha | 1.34 million ha | 807,814 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Africa or Nigeria?
- Africa, at 2.24 million ha against 1.39 million ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Africa and Nigeria?
- 845,090 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Nigeria rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 1st of 21 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Taro — 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.