Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Nigeria
Nigeria: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 857,308 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Nigeria is 857,308 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Nigeria peaked at 862,472 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 300,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Nigeria 4th out of 156 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.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 300,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 300,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 300,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 300,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 300,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 300,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 300,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 300,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 450,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1971 | 450,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 450,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 450,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 450,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 450,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 450,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 450,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 450,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 550,000 ha | +22.2% |
| 1980 | 550,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 550,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 550,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 570,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 570,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 570,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 570,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 570,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 570,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 578,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 580,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 630,000 ha | +8.6% |
| 1992 | 650,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 680,000 ha | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 640,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1995 | 643,589 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 660,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 680,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 710,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 730,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 727,596 ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 722,621 ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 724,934 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 726,690 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 728,866 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 731,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 722,748 ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 732,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 720,658 ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 780,000 ha | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 790,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 795,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 800,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 795,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 807,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 810,026 ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 819,267 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 823,987 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 830,199 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 837,245 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 846,883 ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 852,573 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 856,879 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 862,472 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 857,308 ha | -0.6% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 857,308 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,641 ha, 73.6× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 857,308 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,473 ha, 132.4× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +50.0% | 300,000 ha | 450,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 300,000 ha | 300,000 ha | 300,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 460,000 ha | 450,000 ha | 550,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 564,800 ha | 550,000 ha | 578,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 660,359 ha | 580,000 ha | 730,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 731,711 ha | 720,658 ha | 780,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 810,772 ha | 790,000 ha | 837,245 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 855,223 ha | 846,883 ha | 862,472 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
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 citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Nigeria?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Nigeria was 857,308 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 862,472 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 300,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 4th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.