Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Niger
Niger: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 10.33 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Niger recorded 10.33 million ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Niger peaked at 11.00 million ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 2.11 million ha, in 1961.
Niger ranks 20th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Niger, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.11 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 2.32 million ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 2.39 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 2.25 million ha | -5.9% |
| 1965 | 2.29 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 2.30 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 2.41 million ha | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 2.51 million ha | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 2.89 million ha | +14.9% |
| 1970 | 2.92 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 2.96 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 2.78 million ha | -5.8% |
| 1973 | 2.48 million ha | -10.9% |
| 1974 | 2.80 million ha | +13.0% |
| 1975 | 2.51 million ha | -10.3% |
| 1976 | 3.19 million ha | +26.7% |
| 1977 | 3.50 million ha | +9.7% |
| 1978 | 3.56 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 3.67 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 3.88 million ha | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 4.06 million ha | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 4.26 million ha | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 4.28 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 4.16 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 4.35 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 4.38 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 4.41 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 5.03 million ha | +14.1% |
| 1989 | 5.22 million ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 6.88 million ha | +31.9% |
| 1991 | 6.60 million ha | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 7.55 million ha | +14.4% |
| 1993 | 6.95 million ha | -7.9% |
| 1994 | 6.96 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 7.19 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 7.18 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 6.43 million ha | -10.4% |
| 1998 | 7.64 million ha | +18.9% |
| 1999 | 7.48 million ha | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 7.35 million ha | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 7.89 million ha | +7.2% |
| 2002 | 7.86 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 7.84 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 7.86 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 8.40 million ha | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 8.96 million ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 9.06 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 9.84 million ha | +8.6% |
| 2009 | 9.09 million ha | -7.6% |
| 2010 | 10.64 million ha | +17.1% |
| 2011 | 9.98 million ha | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 10.25 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 10.70 million ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 11.00 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 9.91 million ha | -9.9% |
| 2016 | 10.91 million ha | +10.0% |
| 2017 | 10.89 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 11.00 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 10.65 million ha | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 10.47 million ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 9.72 million ha | -7.1% |
| 2022 | 10.65 million ha | +9.6% |
| 2023 | 10.36 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 10.33 million ha | -0.2% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 10.33 million ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1.51 million ha, 6.9× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Niger's 10.33 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.26 million ha, 8.2× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.38 million ha | 2.11 million ha | 2.89 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.04 million ha | 2.48 million ha | 3.67 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.40 million ha | 3.88 million ha | 5.22 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.09 million ha | 6.43 million ha | 7.64 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.41 million ha | 7.35 million ha | 9.84 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.59 million ha | 9.91 million ha | 11.00 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.31 million ha | 9.72 million ha | 10.65 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 17 Ethiopia 12.07 million ha compare
- 17 Melanesia 11,188 ha compare
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 169 ha compare
- 18 Sudan 11.59 million ha compare
- 18 Micronesia 169 ha compare
- 19 Ukraine 10.81 million ha compare
- 21 Sudan (former) 9.93 million ha compare
- 22 Mexico 8.70 million ha compare
- 23 France 8.53 million ha compare
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, primary — area harvested in Niger?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Niger was 10.33 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 11.00 million ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.11 million ha in 1961.
- How does Niger rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Niger ranks 20th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. 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, primary — 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.