Bananas — Area harvested in Nigeria
Nigeria: Bananas — Area harvested was 468,358 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Nigeria, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — area harvested in Nigeria is 468,358 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Nigeria peaked at 560,943 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 178,000 ha, in 1991.
That places Nigeria 3rd out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 178,000 ha | — |
| 1992 | 188,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 230,000 ha | +22.3% |
| 1994 | 246,000 ha | +7.0% |
| 1995 | 250,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 256,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 260,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 268,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 385,000 ha | +43.7% |
| 2000 | 386,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 408,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 426,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 435,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 440,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 447,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 457,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 474,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 462,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 450,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 449,220 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 470,086 ha | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 464,505 ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 456,604 ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 451,304 ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 443,486 ha | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 442,141 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 443,080 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 449,599 ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 461,179 ha | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 476,070 ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 525,177 ha | +10.3% |
| 2022 | 560,943 ha | +6.8% |
| 2023 | 456,037 ha | -18.7% |
| 2024 | 468,358 ha | +2.7% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 468,358 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,932 ha, 39.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 468,358 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,958 ha, 36.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested in Nigeria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +43.7% | 268,000 ha | 385,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 251,222 ha | 178,000 ha | 385,000 ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 438,500 ha | 386,000 ha | 474,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 453,120 ha | 442,141 ha | 470,086 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 497,317 ha | 456,037 ha | 560,943 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 1 India 948,469 ha compare
- 2 Brazil 469,989 ha compare
- 4 China 325,500 ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 316,335 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 310,093 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 215,911 ha compare
- 6 Rwanda 202,488 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2298 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 281.32 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1218 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3622 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Nigeria?
- Bananas — area harvested in Nigeria was 468,358 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 560,943 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 178,000 ha in 1991.
- How does Nigeria rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 3rd out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.