Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Nigeria
Nigeria: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 26,682 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for carrots and turnips — area harvested in Nigeria is 26,682 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Nigeria peaked at 28,500 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 18,000 ha, in 1993.
That places Nigeria 10th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 22,303 ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 21,228 ha | -4.8% |
| 1993 | 18,000 ha | -15.2% |
| 1994 | 24,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1995 | 24,285 ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 24,551 ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 25,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 26,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 27,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 26,492 ha | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 26,729 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 27,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 27,159 ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 27,339 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 27,750 ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 28,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 28,500 ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 27,831 ha | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 26,621 ha | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 25,300 ha | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 25,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 26,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 26,515 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 26,631 ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 26,817 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 26,809 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 26,902 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 26,811 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 26,787 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 26,794 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 26,663 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 26,673 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 26,682 ha | +0.0% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 26,682 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4,053 ha, 6.6× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 26,682 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,334 ha, 8.0× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +33.3% | 18,000 ha | 24,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,100 ha | 20,000 ha | 21,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,437 ha | 18,000 ha | 27,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,392 ha | 26,492 ha | 28,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,278 ha | 25,000 ha | 26,902 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,720 ha | 26,663 ha | 26,794 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6,153 ha compare
- 7 Ukraine 39,500 ha compare
- 8 Indonesia 37,163 ha compare
- 9 Pakistan 26,927 ha compare
- 9 Republic of Moldova 2,354 ha compare
- 10 Syrian Arab Republic 973 ha compare
- 11 Kazakhstan 16,384 ha compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 484 ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 45 ha compare
- 12 Japan 16,335 ha compare
- 13 France 15,920 ha compare
- 13 Polynesia 39 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 carrots and turnips — area harvested in Nigeria?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Nigeria was 26,682 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 28,500 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,000 ha in 1993.
- How does Nigeria rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 10th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. 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 Carrots and turnips — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.