Nigeria vs Zambia: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Nigeria
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 28,052 ha against 27,906 ha in Nigeria, a difference of 146 ha.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Nigeria ranks 86th and Zambia ranks 84th of 124 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 6 and Zambia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,333 ha | 215.56 ha | 10,118 ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 10,750 ha | 806.4 ha | 9,944 ha | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 34,400 ha | 5,084 ha | 29,316 ha | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 33,620 ha | 11,594 ha | 22,026 ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 50,200 ha | 17,428 ha | 32,772 ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 72,406 ha | 29,853 ha | 42,553 ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 26,980 ha | 30,899 ha | 3,919 ha | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Nigeria or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 28,052 ha against 27,906 ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Nigeria and Zambia?
- 146 ha, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Zambia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and Zambia rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 86th and Zambia ranks 84th 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.