Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Niger
Niger: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.31 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Niger is 1.31 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 7.0% on the previous year and up 41.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Niger peaked at 1.31 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 72,318 ha, in 1989.
That places Niger 31st out of 184 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Niger, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 354,725 ha | — |
| 1962 | 331,195 ha | -6.6% |
| 1963 | 330,340 ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 307,755 ha | -6.8% |
| 1965 | 357,950 ha | +16.3% |
| 1966 | 371,727 ha | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 373,787 ha | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 449,921 ha | +20.4% |
| 1969 | 341,819 ha | -24.0% |
| 1970 | 377,495 ha | +10.4% |
| 1971 | 414,795 ha | +9.9% |
| 1972 | 431,263 ha | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 372,977 ha | -13.5% |
| 1974 | 271,574 ha | -27.2% |
| 1975 | 336,809 ha | +24.0% |
| 1976 | 177,507 ha | -47.3% |
| 1977 | 182,435 ha | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 219,794 ha | +20.5% |
| 1979 | 150,302 ha | -31.6% |
| 1980 | 194,480 ha | +29.4% |
| 1981 | 211,597 ha | +8.8% |
| 1982 | 193,027 ha | -8.8% |
| 1983 | 163,948 ha | -15.1% |
| 1984 | 148,477 ha | -9.4% |
| 1985 | 125,309 ha | -15.6% |
| 1986 | 129,521 ha | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 172,440 ha | +33.1% |
| 1988 | 87,756 ha | -49.1% |
| 1989 | 72,318 ha | -17.6% |
| 1990 | 77,626 ha | +7.3% |
| 1991 | 151,148 ha | +94.7% |
| 1992 | 183,250 ha | +21.2% |
| 1993 | 117,938 ha | -35.6% |
| 1994 | 161,857 ha | +37.2% |
| 1995 | 303,727 ha | +87.7% |
| 1996 | 432,755 ha | +42.5% |
| 1997 | 289,390 ha | -33.1% |
| 1998 | 263,049 ha | -9.1% |
| 1999 | 320,445 ha | +21.8% |
| 2000 | 460,094 ha | +43.6% |
| 2001 | 239,683 ha | -47.9% |
| 2002 | 362,542 ha | +51.3% |
| 2003 | 465,170 ha | +28.3% |
| 2004 | 473,662 ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 376,538 ha | -20.5% |
| 2006 | 386,947 ha | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 454,571 ha | +17.5% |
| 2008 | 768,691 ha | +69.1% |
| 2009 | 746,778 ha | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 981,383 ha | +31.4% |
| 2011 | 884,481 ha | -9.9% |
| 2012 | 934,346 ha | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 852,816 ha | -8.7% |
| 2014 | 924,462 ha | +8.4% |
| 2015 | 808,702 ha | -12.5% |
| 2016 | 915,773 ha | +13.2% |
| 2017 | 1.06 million ha | +15.3% |
| 2018 | 1.13 million ha | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 1.12 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 1.08 million ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 1.24 million ha | +14.5% |
| 2022 | 1.23 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 1.22 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 1.31 million ha | +7.0% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 1.31 million ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 322,934 ha, 4.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Niger's 1.31 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 348,823 ha, 3.7× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 357,691 ha | 307,755 ha | 449,921 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 293,495 ha | 150,302 ha | 431,263 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 149,887 ha | 72,318 ha | 211,597 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 230,118 ha | 77,626 ha | 432,755 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 473,468 ha | 239,683 ha | 768,691 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 960,708 ha | 808,702 ha | 1.13 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.22 million ha | 1.08 million ha | 1.31 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Niger
More agriculture & rural data for Niger
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0008 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.6381 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0022 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 1.67 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Niger?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Niger was 1.31 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 1.31 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 72,318 ha in 1989.
- How does Niger rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Niger ranks 31st out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.4%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.