Dates — Area harvested in Niger
Niger: Dates — Area harvested was 5,673 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Dates — Area harvested in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Niger recorded 5,673 ha for dates — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Niger peaked at 13,805 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1961.
Niger ranks 18th of 37 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Dates — Area harvested in Niger, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,700 ha | +70.0% |
| 1964 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 1,860 ha | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 1,930 ha | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 1,930 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 2,030 ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 2,100 ha | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,140 ha | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 2,170 ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 2,200 ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,954 ha | -11.2% |
| 1991 | 2,311 ha | +18.3% |
| 1992 | 2,340 ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 2,369 ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 2,398 ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 2,552 ha | +6.4% |
| 1996 | 2,424 ha | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 2,700 ha | +11.4% |
| 1998 | 2,771 ha | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 2,800 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 2,845 ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 2,300 ha | -19.2% |
| 2002 | 2,959 ha | +28.7% |
| 2003 | 2,371 ha | -19.9% |
| 2004 | 3,165 ha | +33.5% |
| 2005 | 2,350 ha | -25.8% |
| 2006 | 2,950 ha | +25.5% |
| 2007 | 3,900 ha | +32.2% |
| 2008 | 5,582 ha | +43.1% |
| 2009 | 13,805 ha | +147.3% |
| 2010 | 11,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 2011 | 6,096 ha | -47.0% |
| 2012 | 5,000 ha | -18.0% |
| 2013 | 4,900 ha | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 4,854 ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 5,933 ha | +22.2% |
| 2016 | 5,229 ha | -11.9% |
| 2017 | 5,339 ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 5,693 ha | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 5,420 ha | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 5,790 ha | +6.8% |
| 2021 | 5,635 ha | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 5,651 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 5,662 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 5,673 ha | +0.2% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 5,673 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 8,074 ha, 70% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Niger's 5,673 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 745 ha, 7.6× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +147.3% | 5,582 ha | 13,805 ha |
| 1963 | +70.0% | 1,000 ha | 1,700 ha |
| 2011 | -47.0% | 11,500 ha | 6,096 ha |
| 2008 | +43.1% | 3,900 ha | 5,582 ha |
| 2004 | +33.5% | 2,371 ha | 3,165 ha |
| 2007 | +32.2% | 2,950 ha | 3,900 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,544 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,835 ha | 1,700 ha | 2,030 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,171 ha | 2,100 ha | 2,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,462 ha | 1,954 ha | 2,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,223 ha | 2,300 ha | 13,805 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,996 ha | 4,854 ha | 11,500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,682 ha | 5,635 ha | 5,790 ha | 5 |
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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 dates — area harvested in Niger?
- Dates — area harvested in Niger was 5,673 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 13,805 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Niger rank for dates — area harvested?
- Niger ranks 18th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Dates — 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.