Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Niger
Niger: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested was 4,086 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Niger, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Niger stood at 4,086 ha.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Niger peaked at 4,806 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1,406 ha, in 2011.
Niger ranks 36th of 69 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Niger, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,500 ha | — |
| 1991 | 1,700 ha | +13.3% |
| 1992 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 2,100 ha | +16.7% |
| 1994 | 2,300 ha | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 2,700 ha | +17.4% |
| 1996 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 3,140 ha | +8.3% |
| 1999 | 2,566 ha | -18.3% |
| 2000 | 2,500 ha | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 3,250 ha | +30.0% |
| 2002 | 3,750 ha | +15.4% |
| 2003 | 3,500 ha | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 2,500 ha | -28.6% |
| 2005 | 3,750 ha | +50.0% |
| 2006 | 4,250 ha | +13.3% |
| 2007 | 4,480 ha | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 4,300 ha | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 4,500 ha | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 4,806 ha | +6.8% |
| 2011 | 1,406 ha | -70.7% |
| 2012 | 2,230 ha | +58.6% |
| 2013 | 3,889 ha | +74.4% |
| 2014 | 4,586 ha | +17.9% |
| 2015 | 3,810 ha | -16.9% |
| 2016 | 4,095 ha | +7.5% |
| 2017 | 4,180 ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 4,028 ha | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 4,098 ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 4,102 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 4,076 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 4,092 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 4,090 ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 4,086 ha | -0.1% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 4,086 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 22,286 ha, 18% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Niger's 4,086 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,901 ha, 1.0× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Niger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | -70.7% | 4,806 ha | 1,406 ha |
| 2013 | +74.4% | 2,230 ha | 3,889 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,351 ha | 1,500 ha | 3,140 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,678 ha | 2,500 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,713 ha | 1,406 ha | 4,806 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,089 ha | 4,076 ha | 4,102 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Niger
More agriculture & rural data for Niger
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4759 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8163 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 47.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 47.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Niger?
- Cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Niger was 4,086 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 4,806 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,406 ha in 2011.
- How does Niger rank for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Niger ranks 36th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals n.e.c. — 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.