Nigeria vs Southern Asia: Tomatoes — Area harvested
Tomatoes — Area harvested over time
- Nigeria
- Southern Asia
How they compare
Southern Asia currently reports 1.03 million ha against 822,140 ha in Nigeria, a difference of 204,150 ha.
That makes Southern Asia's figure about 1.2 times Nigeria's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Southern Asia has been ahead every year.
Nigeria ranks 4th and Southern Asia ranks 5th of 169 countries.
Southern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Southern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,567 ha | 86,582 ha | 67,016 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1970s | 25,550 ha | 135,274 ha | 109,724 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1980s | 34,750 ha | 319,152 ha | 284,402 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1990s | 65,454 ha | 496,296 ha | 430,842 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2000s | 237,000 ha | 722,235 ha | 485,235 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2010s | 572,670 ha | 1.04 million ha | 464,738 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2020s | 910,056 ha | 1.02 million ha | 112,636 ha | Southern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tomatoes — area harvested, Nigeria or Southern Asia?
- Southern Asia, at 1.03 million ha against 822,140 ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tomatoes — area harvested between Nigeria and Southern Asia?
- 204,150 ha, with Southern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Southern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and Southern Asia rank globally for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 4th and Southern Asia ranks 5th 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.