Middle Africa vs Nigeria: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Middle Africa
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 1.39 million ha against 329,827 ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 1.06 million ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 4.2 times Middle Africa's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Middle Africa ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 1st of 10 regions.
Across the 7 decades both report, Middle Africa averaged higher in 2 and Nigeria in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Middle Africa | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 167,482 ha | 262,222 ha | 94,740 ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 222,215 ha | 166,300 ha | 55,915 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1980s | 142,610 ha | 88,100 ha | 54,510 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1990s | 207,927 ha | 234,602 ha | 26,675 ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 242,702 ha | 338,463 ha | 95,761 ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 267,912 ha | 802,513 ha | 534,601 ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 301,721 ha | 1.34 million ha | 1.04 million ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Middle Africa or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 1.39 million ha against 329,827 ha in Middle Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Middle Africa and Nigeria?
- 1.06 million ha, 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 taro — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 1st of 10 regions.
- 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.