Nigeria vs Portugal: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Nigeria
- Portugal
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 27,906 ha against 24,110 ha in Portugal, a difference of 3,796 ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times Portugal's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Portugal ahead.
Nigeria ranks 86th and Portugal ranks 88th of 124 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 1 and Portugal in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,333 ha | 637,788 ha | 627,455 ha | Portugal |
| 1970s | 10,750 ha | 444,788 ha | 434,038 ha | Portugal |
| 1980s | 34,400 ha | 322,551 ha | 288,151 ha | Portugal |
| 1990s | 33,620 ha | 241,093 ha | 207,473 ha | Portugal |
| 2000s | 50,200 ha | 144,569 ha | 94,369 ha | Portugal |
| 2010s | 72,406 ha | 41,753 ha | 30,652 ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 26,980 ha | 27,740 ha | 759.8 ha | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Nigeria or Portugal?
- Nigeria, at 27,906 ha against 24,110 ha in Portugal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Nigeria and Portugal?
- 3,796 ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Portugal?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and Portugal rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 86th and Portugal ranks 88th of 124 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.