Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Nigeria
Nigeria: Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested was 36,232 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 36,232 ha for coconuts, in shell — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Nigeria peaked at 41,000 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 26,000 ha, in 1962.
Nigeria ranks 20th of 84 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 28,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 26,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1963 | 28,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1964 | 37,000 ha | +32.1% |
| 1965 | 35,000 ha | -5.4% |
| 1966 | 31,000 ha | -11.4% |
| 1967 | 30,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1968 | 32,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 29,000 ha | -9.4% |
| 1970 | 29,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 34,000 ha | +17.2% |
| 1972 | 30,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1973 | 35,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1974 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 32,000 ha | -8.6% |
| 1977 | 32,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 32,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 32,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 32,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 35,000 ha | +9.4% |
| 1982 | 38,000 ha | +8.6% |
| 1983 | 35,000 ha | -7.9% |
| 1984 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 34,500 ha | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 34,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 34,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 35,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 35,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 37,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 38,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 39,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 33,245 ha | -14.8% |
| 1995 | 28,500 ha | -14.3% |
| 1996 | 31,500 ha | +10.5% |
| 1997 | 35,400 ha | +12.4% |
| 1998 | 35,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 35,600 ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 36,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 36,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 38,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 39,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 41,000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 41,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 39,000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 38,907 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 36,384 ha | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 37,725 ha | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 37,927 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 36,867 ha | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 36,396 ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 35,319 ha | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 34,621 ha | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 34,621 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 35,933 ha | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 36,232 ha | +0.8% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 36,232 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17,687 ha, 2.0× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 36,232 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,186 ha, 5.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coconuts, in shell — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +32.1% | 28,000 ha | 37,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,667 ha | 26,000 ha | 37,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 32,600 ha | 29,000 ha | 35,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 34,850 ha | 32,000 ha | 38,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,914 ha | 28,500 ha | 39,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 38,700 ha | 36,000 ha | 41,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 38,021 ha | 36,384 ha | 39,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,345 ha | 34,621 ha | 36,232 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 coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Nigeria?
- Coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Nigeria was 36,232 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 41,000 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest coconuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,000 ha in 1962.
- How does Nigeria rank for coconuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 20th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coconuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.9%. 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 Coconuts, in shell — 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.