Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Nigeria
Nigeria: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 201,276 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 201,276 ha for green corn (maize) — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Nigeria peaked at 201,276 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 42,000 ha, in 1979.
That places Nigeria 1st out of 53 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.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 138,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 112,000 ha | -18.8% |
| 1963 | 114,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 147,000 ha | +28.9% |
| 1965 | 140,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1966 | 114,000 ha | -18.6% |
| 1967 | 116,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 110,000 ha | -5.2% |
| 1969 | 137,000 ha | +24.5% |
| 1970 | 145,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 1971 | 122,000 ha | -15.9% |
| 1972 | 112,000 ha | -8.2% |
| 1973 | 125,000 ha | +11.6% |
| 1974 | 58,000 ha | -53.6% |
| 1975 | 97,000 ha | +67.2% |
| 1976 | 89,000 ha | -8.2% |
| 1977 | 61,000 ha | -31.5% |
| 1978 | 52,000 ha | -14.8% |
| 1979 | 42,000 ha | -19.2% |
| 1980 | 46,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 1981 | 44,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1982 | 56,000 ha | +27.3% |
| 1983 | 106,000 ha | +89.3% |
| 1984 | 105,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 156,000 ha | +48.6% |
| 1986 | 172,000 ha | +10.3% |
| 1987 | 113,000 ha | -34.3% |
| 1988 | 156,000 ha | +38.1% |
| 1989 | 160,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 150,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1991 | 155,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 150,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 160,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 165,445 ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 167,706 ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 169,810 ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 163,546 ha | -3.7% |
| 1998 | 163,178 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 163,023 ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 162,619 ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 162,268 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 161,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 162,748 ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 163,763 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 161,500 ha | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 162,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 162,500 ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 170,214 ha | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 177,653 ha | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 183,916 ha | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 200,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 2012 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 196,876 ha | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 194,151 ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 196,782 ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 198,630 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 199,241 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 198,650 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 199,167 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 199,012 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 200,404 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 200,186 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 200,663 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 201,276 ha | +0.3% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 201,276 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 25,110 ha, 8.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 201,276 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 22,856 ha, 8.8× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Green corn (maize) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +89.3% | 56,000 ha | 106,000 ha |
| 1975 | +67.2% | 58,000 ha | 97,000 ha |
| 1974 | -53.6% | 125,000 ha | 58,000 ha |
| 1985 | +48.6% | 105,000 ha | 156,000 ha |
| 1988 | +38.1% | 113,000 ha | 156,000 ha |
| 1987 | -34.3% | 172,000 ha | 113,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 125,333 ha | 110,000 ha | 147,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 90,300 ha | 42,000 ha | 145,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 111,400 ha | 44,000 ha | 172,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 160,771 ha | 150,000 ha | 169,810 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 164,626 ha | 161,000 ha | 177,653 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 196,741 ha | 183,916 ha | 200,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 200,308 ha | 199,012 ha | 201,276 ha | 5 |
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- 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 green corn (maize) — area harvested in Nigeria?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Nigeria was 201,276 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 201,276 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,000 ha in 1979.
- How does Nigeria rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 1st out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. 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 Green corn (maize) — 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.