Melonseed — Area harvested in Nigeria
Nigeria: Melonseed — Area harvested was 902,028 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Melonseed — Area harvested in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for melonseed — area harvested in Nigeria is 902,028 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, melonseed — area harvested in Nigeria peaked at 987,615 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 54,000 ha, in 1982.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Melonseed — Area harvested in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 307,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 318,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 295,000 ha | -7.2% |
| 1964 | 321,000 ha | +8.8% |
| 1965 | 318,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 324,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 304,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1968 | 532,000 ha | +75.0% |
| 1969 | 394,000 ha | -25.9% |
| 1970 | 635,000 ha | +61.2% |
| 1971 | 405,000 ha | -36.2% |
| 1972 | 331,000 ha | -18.3% |
| 1973 | 450,000 ha | +36.0% |
| 1974 | 89,000 ha | -80.2% |
| 1975 | 236,000 ha | +165.2% |
| 1976 | 184,000 ha | -22.0% |
| 1977 | 164,000 ha | -10.9% |
| 1978 | 132,000 ha | -19.5% |
| 1979 | 103,000 ha | -22.0% |
| 1980 | 76,000 ha | -26.2% |
| 1981 | 92,000 ha | +21.1% |
| 1982 | 54,000 ha | -41.3% |
| 1983 | 113,000 ha | +109.3% |
| 1984 | 164,000 ha | +45.1% |
| 1985 | 183,000 ha | +11.6% |
| 1986 | 150,000 ha | -18.0% |
| 1987 | 145,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 1988 | 308,000 ha | +112.4% |
| 1989 | 204,000 ha | -33.8% |
| 1990 | 230,000 ha | +12.7% |
| 1991 | 231,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 243,000 ha | +5.2% |
| 1993 | 243,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 253,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 285,000 ha | +12.6% |
| 1996 | 315,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 1997 | 250,000 ha | -20.6% |
| 1998 | 305,000 ha | +22.0% |
| 1999 | 563,000 ha | +84.6% |
| 2000 | 575,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 580,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 587,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 625,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 2004 | 659,000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 694,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 732,000 ha | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 743,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 724,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 489,590 ha | -32.4% |
| 2010 | 469,690 ha | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 436,833 ha | -7.0% |
| 2012 | 789,177 ha | +80.7% |
| 2013 | 880,836 ha | +11.6% |
| 2014 | 987,615 ha | +12.1% |
| 2015 | 844,650 ha | -14.5% |
| 2016 | 904,367 ha | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 954,189 ha | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 901,068 ha | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 875,163 ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 922,773 ha | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 899,668 ha | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 899,201 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 907,214 ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 902,028 ha | -0.6% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 902,028 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36,538 ha, 24.7× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 902,028 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,069 ha, 81.5× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Melonseed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +165.2% | 89,000 ha | 236,000 ha |
| 1988 | +112.4% | 145,000 ha | 308,000 ha |
| 1983 | +109.3% | 54,000 ha | 113,000 ha |
| 1999 | +84.6% | 305,000 ha | 563,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 345,889 ha | 295,000 ha | 532,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 272,900 ha | 89,000 ha | 635,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 148,900 ha | 54,000 ha | 308,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 291,800 ha | 230,000 ha | 563,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 640,859 ha | 489,590 ha | 743,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 804,359 ha | 436,833 ha | 987,615 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 906,177 ha | 899,201 ha | 922,773 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 2 Sudan 470,652 ha compare
- 3 Cameroon 127,351 ha compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 101,105 ha compare
- 4 Sudan (former) 101,000 ha compare
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 melonseed — area harvested in Nigeria?
- Melonseed — area harvested in Nigeria was 902,028 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest melonseed — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 987,615 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest melonseed — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 54,000 ha in 1982.
- How does Nigeria rank for melonseed — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 1st out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is melonseed — area harvested rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. 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 Melonseed — 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.