Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Nigeria
Nigeria: Ginger, raw — Area harvested was 89,430 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ginger, raw — area harvested in Nigeria is 89,430 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 88.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ginger, raw — area harvested in Nigeria peaked at 191,000 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 160 ha, in 1961.
Nigeria ranks 2nd of 44 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 160 ha | 160 ha | 160 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 164 ha | 160 ha | 200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,340 ha | 400 ha | 70,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 133,200 ha | 84,000 ha | 166,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 134,568 ha | 48,660 ha | 191,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 79,659 ha | 47,512 ha | 124,100 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 96,012 ha | 89,430 ha | 102,320 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- Agriculture share gdp 22.98 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 22.98 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
- Rural population 36.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 86.04 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 66.82 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 6.91 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ginger, raw — area harvested in Nigeria?
- Ginger, raw — area harvested in Nigeria was 89,430 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ginger, raw — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 191,000 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest ginger, raw — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 160 ha in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for ginger, raw — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 2nd out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ginger, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 88.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Ginger, raw — 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.