Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Nigeria
Nigeria: Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested was 14,417 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Nigeria stood at 14,417 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Nigeria peaked at 15,000 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 6,046 ha, in 1991.
Nigeria ranks 7th of 59 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 10,476 ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 6,046 ha | -42.3% |
| 1992 | 6,780 ha | +12.1% |
| 1993 | 7,985 ha | +17.8% |
| 1994 | 9,212 ha | +15.4% |
| 1995 | 10,128 ha | +9.9% |
| 1996 | 10,912 ha | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 11,570 ha | +6.0% |
| 1998 | 10,591 ha | -8.5% |
| 1999 | 10,727 ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 10,794 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 10,882 ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 11,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 11,054 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 11,174 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 11,250 ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 11,500 ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 12,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 12,317 ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 12,750 ha | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 13,232 ha | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 14,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 14,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 13,944 ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 13,965 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 14,091 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 14,235 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 14,388 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 14,517 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 14,380 ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 14,428 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 14,442 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 14,417 ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,443 ha | 6,046 ha | 11,570 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,472 ha | 10,794 ha | 12,750 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,086 ha | 13,232 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,437 ha | 14,380 ha | 14,517 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Nigeria?
- Onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Nigeria was 14,417 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 15,000 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,046 ha in 1991.
- How does Nigeria rank for onions and shallots, green — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 7th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — area harvested rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Onions and shallots, green — 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.