Eritrea vs Nigeria: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Eritrea
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 27,906 ha against 25,000 ha in Eritrea, a difference of 2,906 ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Eritrea's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Eritrea ahead.
Eritrea ranks 93rd and Nigeria ranks 92nd of 133 countries.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26,009 ha | 28,029 ha | 2,019 ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 24,481 ha | 50,200 ha | 25,719 ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 25,500 ha | 72,406 ha | 46,906 ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 25,000 ha | 26,980 ha | 1,980 ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Eritrea or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 27,906 ha against 25,000 ha in Eritrea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Eritrea and Nigeria?
- 2,906 ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Nigeria?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.
- How do Eritrea and Nigeria rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- Eritrea ranks 93rd and Nigeria ranks 92nd of 133 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Wheat — 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.