Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Niger
Niger: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 1.04 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Niger is 1.04 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 7.9% on the previous year and up 33.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Niger peaked at 1.04 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 59,518 ha, in 1989.
That places Niger 9th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Niger, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 348,955 ha | — |
| 1962 | 323,000 ha | -7.4% |
| 1963 | 318,540 ha | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 292,855 ha | -8.1% |
| 1965 | 341,370 ha | +16.6% |
| 1966 | 355,400 ha | +4.1% |
| 1967 | 356,562 ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 431,958 ha | +21.1% |
| 1969 | 319,788 ha | -26.0% |
| 1970 | 357,500 ha | +11.8% |
| 1971 | 394,200 ha | +10.3% |
| 1972 | 418,454 ha | +6.2% |
| 1973 | 363,787 ha | -13.1% |
| 1974 | 255,965 ha | -29.6% |
| 1975 | 319,700 ha | +24.9% |
| 1976 | 164,200 ha | -48.6% |
| 1977 | 174,300 ha | +6.2% |
| 1978 | 210,200 ha | +20.6% |
| 1979 | 144,935 ha | -31.0% |
| 1980 | 189,600 ha | +30.8% |
| 1981 | 208,700 ha | +10.1% |
| 1982 | 190,400 ha | -8.8% |
| 1983 | 159,000 ha | -16.5% |
| 1984 | 142,600 ha | -10.3% |
| 1985 | 118,200 ha | -17.1% |
| 1986 | 118,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 158,240 ha | +33.9% |
| 1988 | 78,256 ha | -50.5% |
| 1989 | 59,518 ha | -23.9% |
| 1990 | 62,766 ha | +5.5% |
| 1991 | 135,365 ha | +115.7% |
| 1992 | 175,180 ha | +29.4% |
| 1993 | 108,400 ha | -38.1% |
| 1994 | 150,797 ha | +39.1% |
| 1995 | 269,294 ha | +78.6% |
| 1996 | 416,055 ha | +54.5% |
| 1997 | 232,502 ha | -44.1% |
| 1998 | 225,994 ha | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 250,101 ha | +10.7% |
| 2000 | 360,338 ha | +44.1% |
| 2001 | 192,321 ha | -46.6% |
| 2002 | 334,555 ha | +74.0% |
| 2003 | 423,382 ha | +26.6% |
| 2004 | 349,313 ha | -17.5% |
| 2005 | 309,152 ha | -11.5% |
| 2006 | 310,137 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 375,318 ha | +21.0% |
| 2008 | 675,477 ha | +80.0% |
| 2009 | 588,651 ha | -12.9% |
| 2010 | 795,768 ha | +35.2% |
| 2011 | 690,853 ha | -13.2% |
| 2012 | 741,393 ha | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 706,455 ha | -4.7% |
| 2014 | 778,929 ha | +10.3% |
| 2015 | 718,457 ha | -7.8% |
| 2016 | 771,075 ha | +7.3% |
| 2017 | 921,502 ha | +19.5% |
| 2018 | 919,834 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 899,504 ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 896,972 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 1.02 million ha | +13.7% |
| 2022 | 1.00 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 966,498 ha | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 1.04 million ha | +7.9% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 1.04 million ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 130,659 ha, 8.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Niger's 1.04 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 9.7× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 343,159 ha | 292,855 ha | 431,958 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 280,324 ha | 144,935 ha | 418,454 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 142,271 ha | 59,518 ha | 208,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 202,645 ha | 62,766 ha | 416,055 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 391,864 ha | 192,321 ha | 675,477 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 794,377 ha | 690,853 ha | 921,502 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 986,164 ha | 896,972 ha | 1.04 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 6 Sudan (former) 1.70 million ha compare
- 7 Senegal 1.27 million ha compare
- 7 Viet Nam 148,103 ha compare
- 8 Myanmar 1.23 million ha compare
- 8 Türkiye 57,642 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 19,153 ha compare
- 10 Guinea 880,000 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 13,175 ha compare
- 11 Chad 756,261 ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 8,047 ha compare
- 12 Burkina Faso 730,410 ha compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 4,076 ha compare
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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Niger?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Niger was 1.04 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 59,518 ha in 1989.
- How does Niger rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Niger ranks 9th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.9%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.