Egypt vs Nigeria: Tomatoes — Area harvested
Tomatoes — Area harvested over time
- Egypt
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 822,140 ha against 175,397 ha in Egypt, a difference of 646,743 ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 4.7 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 6th and Nigeria ranks 4th of 169 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 4 and Nigeria in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81,233 ha | 19,567 ha | 61,666 ha | Egypt |
| 1970s | 120,310 ha | 25,550 ha | 94,760 ha | Egypt |
| 1980s | 150,808 ha | 34,750 ha | 116,058 ha | Egypt |
| 1990s | 159,947 ha | 65,454 ha | 94,493 ha | Egypt |
| 2000s | 208,822 ha | 237,000 ha | 28,178 ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 196,208 ha | 572,670 ha | 376,462 ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 161,719 ha | 910,056 ha | 748,337 ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tomatoes — area harvested, Egypt or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 822,140 ha against 175,397 ha in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tomatoes — area harvested between Egypt and Nigeria?
- 646,743 ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Nigeria rank globally for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 6th and Nigeria ranks 4th of 169 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Tomatoes — 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.