Carrots and turnips — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Nigeria
Nigeria: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.0293 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Nigeria, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for carrots and turnips — area harvested, per square kilometre in Nigeria is 0.0293 ha per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested, per square kilometre in Nigeria peaked at 0.0313 ha per square kilometre in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.0198 ha per square kilometre, in 1993.
Nigeria ranks 36th of 117 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0231 ha per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0242 ha per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0245 ha per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0233 ha per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0198 ha per square kilometre | -15.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0264 ha per square kilometre | +33.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0267 ha per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 0.027 ha per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0274 ha per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0285 ha per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0296 ha per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0291 ha per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0293 ha per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0302 ha per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0298 ha per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.03 ha per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0305 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0307 ha per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0313 ha per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0306 ha per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0292 ha per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0278 ha per square kilometre | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0274 ha per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0285 ha per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0285 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0291 ha per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0292 ha per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0294 ha per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0294 ha per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0295 ha per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0294 ha per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0294 ha per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0294 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0293 ha per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0293 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 0.0293 ha per square kilometre is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0292 ha per square kilometre, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 0.0293 ha per square kilometre is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0056 ha per square kilometre, 5.3× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +33.3% | 0.0198 ha per square kilometre | 0.0264 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0221 ha per square kilometre | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | 0.0231 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0257 ha per square kilometre | 0.0198 ha per square kilometre | 0.0296 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0301 ha per square kilometre | 0.0291 ha per square kilometre | 0.0313 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0289 ha per square kilometre | 0.0274 ha per square kilometre | 0.0295 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0293 ha per square kilometre | 0.0293 ha per square kilometre | 0.0294 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 33 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0308 ha per square kilometre compare
- 34 Morocco 0.0305 ha per square kilometre compare
- 35 Romania 0.03 ha per square kilometre compare
- 37 Palestine 0.0292 ha per square kilometre compare
- 38 France 0.028 ha per square kilometre compare
- 39 Ecuador 0.0275 ha per square kilometre 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 carrots and turnips — area harvested, per square kilometre in Nigeria?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested, per square kilometre in Nigeria was 0.0293 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0313 ha per square kilometre in 2007.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0198 ha per square kilometre in 1993.
- How does Nigeria rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Nigeria ranks 36th out of 117 countries with data for 2023.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Carrots and turnips — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Carrots and turnips — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.