Green garlic — Area harvested in Nigeria
Nigeria: Green garlic — Area harvested was 156 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green garlic — Area harvested in Nigeria, 2007–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, green garlic — area harvested in Nigeria stood at 156 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and up 69.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green garlic — area harvested in Nigeria peaked at 176 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 38 ha, in 2007.
Nigeria ranks 84th of 102 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Green garlic — Area harvested in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 38 ha | — |
| 2008 | 46 ha | +21.1% |
| 2009 | 50 ha | +8.7% |
| 2010 | 52 ha | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 52 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 46 ha | -11.5% |
| 2013 | 46 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 92 ha | +100.0% |
| 2015 | 138 ha | +50.0% |
| 2016 | 176 ha | +27.5% |
| 2017 | 176 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 138 ha | -21.6% |
| 2019 | 163 ha | +18.1% |
| 2020 | 159 ha | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 153 ha | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 159 ha | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 157 ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 156 ha | -0.6% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 156 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,484 ha, 6% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 156 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 389 ha, 40% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Green garlic — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +100.0% | 46 ha | 92 ha |
| 2015 | +50.0% | 92 ha | 138 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.67 ha | 38 ha | 50 ha | 3 |
| 2010s | 107.9 ha | 46 ha | 176 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 156.8 ha | 153 ha | 159 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 green garlic — area harvested in Nigeria?
- Green garlic — area harvested in Nigeria was 156 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green garlic — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 176 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest green garlic — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 38 ha in 2007.
- How does Nigeria rank for green garlic — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 84th out of 102 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green garlic — area harvested rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.6%. 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 garlic — 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.