Millet — Area harvested in Niger
Niger: Millet — Area harvested was 6.80 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Area harvested in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — area harvested in Niger stood at 6.80 million ha.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Niger peaked at 7.36 million ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1.64 million ha, in 1961.
That places Niger 2nd out of 86 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.
Millet — Area harvested in Niger, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.64 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.84 million ha | +12.2% |
| 1963 | 1.89 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 1.78 million ha | -5.8% |
| 1965 | 1.81 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 1.74 million ha | -3.7% |
| 1967 | 1.87 million ha | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 1.90 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 2.27 million ha | +19.9% |
| 1970 | 2.31 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 2.36 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 2.19 million ha | -6.8% |
| 1973 | 2.01 million ha | -8.5% |
| 1974 | 2.23 million ha | +11.1% |
| 1975 | 1.69 million ha | -24.1% |
| 1976 | 2.53 million ha | +49.3% |
| 1977 | 2.73 million ha | +8.0% |
| 1978 | 2.73 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 2.92 million ha | +7.2% |
| 1980 | 3.07 million ha | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 3.04 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 3.08 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 3.14 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 3.03 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1985 | 3.17 million ha | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 3.24 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 3.02 million ha | -6.9% |
| 1988 | 3.52 million ha | +16.6% |
| 1989 | 3.57 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 4.61 million ha | +29.2% |
| 1991 | 4.39 million ha | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 4.99 million ha | +13.6% |
| 1993 | 4.68 million ha | -6.3% |
| 1994 | 4.92 million ha | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 5.23 million ha | +6.3% |
| 1996 | 5.02 million ha | -4.0% |
| 1997 | 4.50 million ha | -10.3% |
| 1998 | 5.37 million ha | +19.1% |
| 1999 | 5.35 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 5.15 million ha | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 5.23 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 5.58 million ha | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 5.77 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 5.60 million ha | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 5.89 million ha | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 6.23 million ha | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 6.17 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 6.74 million ha | +9.2% |
| 2009 | 6.51 million ha | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 7.25 million ha | +11.4% |
| 2011 | 7.05 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 7.10 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 7.08 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 7.36 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 6.43 million ha | -12.7% |
| 2016 | 7.23 million ha | +12.5% |
| 2017 | 7.00 million ha | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 7.03 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 6.83 million ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 6.74 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 6.15 million ha | -8.9% |
| 2022 | 6.78 million ha | +10.3% |
| 2023 | 6.74 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 6.80 million ha | +1.0% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 6.80 million ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 69,059 ha, 98.5× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Niger's 6.80 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 72,000 ha, 94.5× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — Area harvested in Niger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +49.3% | 1.69 million ha | 2.53 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.86 million ha | 1.64 million ha | 2.27 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.37 million ha | 1.69 million ha | 2.92 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.19 million ha | 3.02 million ha | 3.57 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.91 million ha | 4.39 million ha | 5.37 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.89 million ha | 5.15 million ha | 6.74 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.04 million ha | 6.43 million ha | 7.36 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.64 million ha | 6.15 million ha | 6.80 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 1 India 8.82 million ha compare
- 3 USSR 3.03 million ha compare
- 4 Sudan 2.88 million ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 300,000 ha compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 72,422 ha compare
- 5 Sudan (former) 2.45 million 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 millet — area harvested in Niger?
- Millet — area harvested in Niger was 6.80 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 7.36 million ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.64 million ha in 1961.
- How does Niger rank for millet — area harvested?
- Niger ranks 2nd out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — 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.