Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Niger
Niger: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 28,817 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Niger, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Niger is 28,817 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.4% on the previous year and up 606.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Niger peaked at 28,817 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 550 ha, in 1990.
That places Niger 6th out of 108 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.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Niger, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 550 ha | — |
| 1991 | 1,100 ha | +100.0% |
| 1992 | 1,600 ha | +45.5% |
| 1993 | 2,200 ha | +37.5% |
| 1994 | 2,700 ha | +22.7% |
| 1995 | 3,300 ha | +22.2% |
| 1996 | 3,800 ha | +15.2% |
| 1997 | 4,400 ha | +15.8% |
| 1998 | 5,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1999 | 2,800 ha | -49.1% |
| 2000 | 4,500 ha | +60.7% |
| 2001 | 4,400 ha | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 4,263 ha | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 4,200 ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 4,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 3,500 ha | -12.5% |
| 2006 | 3,800 ha | +8.6% |
| 2007 | 4,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 4,658 ha | +16.4% |
| 2009 | 4,266 ha | -8.4% |
| 2010 | 4,449 ha | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 4,378 ha | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 4,184 ha | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 4,184 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4,078 ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 7,964 ha | +95.3% |
| 2016 | 8,688 ha | +9.1% |
| 2017 | 7,858 ha | -9.6% |
| 2018 | 7,486 ha | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 8,961 ha | +19.7% |
| 2020 | 11,884 ha | +32.6% |
| 2021 | 11,680 ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 18,234 ha | +56.1% |
| 2023 | 25,407 ha | +39.3% |
| 2024 | 28,817 ha | +13.4% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 28,817 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 978 ha, 29.5× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Niger's 28,817 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 307 ha, 93.9× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,795 ha | 550 ha | 5,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,159 ha | 3,500 ha | 4,658 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,223 ha | 4,078 ha | 8,961 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,204 ha | 11,680 ha | 28,817 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 3 India 186,498 ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 21,737 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 14,527 ha compare
- 4 Spain 32,940 ha compare
- 5 Italy 30,120 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,649 ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,817 ha compare
- 7 Mexico 21,747 ha compare
- 8 Japan 20,033 ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 2,065 ha compare
- 9 France 16,980 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 lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Niger?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Niger was 28,817 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 28,817 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 550 ha in 1990.
- How does Niger rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Niger ranks 6th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 606.6%. 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 Lettuce and chicory — 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.