Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Niger
Niger: Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested was 40,230 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Niger is 40,230 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Niger peaked at 60,200 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 6,000 ha, in 1984.
Niger ranks 28th of 116 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Niger, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 25,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 1963 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 26,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1965 | 35,900 ha | +37.0% |
| 1966 | 44,200 ha | +23.1% |
| 1967 | 49,100 ha | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 48,300 ha | -1.6% |
| 1969 | 60,200 ha | +24.6% |
| 1970 | 56,300 ha | -6.5% |
| 1971 | 56,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 50,815 ha | -9.7% |
| 1973 | 24,660 ha | -51.5% |
| 1974 | 23,200 ha | -5.9% |
| 1975 | 26,500 ha | +14.2% |
| 1976 | 11,700 ha | -55.8% |
| 1977 | 37,700 ha | +222.2% |
| 1978 | 14,595 ha | -61.3% |
| 1979 | 15,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 13,000 ha | -13.3% |
| 1981 | 11,000 ha | -15.4% |
| 1982 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1983 | 10,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1984 | 6,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 1985 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1986 | 12,000 ha | +71.4% |
| 1987 | 10,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1988 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 17,000 ha | +54.5% |
| 1991 | 20,944 ha | +23.2% |
| 1992 | 33,518 ha | +60.0% |
| 1993 | 30,000 ha | -10.5% |
| 1994 | 30,421 ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 30,771 ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 31,111 ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 30,869 ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 31,261 ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 31,412 ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 32,002 ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 32,583 ha | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 33,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 33,931 ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 35,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 35,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 36,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 38,509 ha | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 43,000 ha | +11.7% |
| 2009 | 43,500 ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 44,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 40,724 ha | -7.4% |
| 2012 | 37,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2013 | 35,000 ha | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 36,253 ha | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 39,383 ha | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 36,879 ha | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 38,350 ha | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 39,787 ha | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 38,338 ha | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 39,295 ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 40,267 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 39,886 ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 40,058 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 40,230 ha | +0.4% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 40,230 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 29,072 ha, 1.4× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Niger's 40,230 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,578 ha, 1.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other pulses n.e.c. — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +222.2% | 11,700 ha | 37,700 ha |
| 1986 | +71.4% | 7,000 ha | 12,000 ha |
| 1978 | -61.3% | 37,700 ha | 14,595 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,433 ha | 23,000 ha | 60,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,677 ha | 11,700 ha | 56,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,200 ha | 6,000 ha | 13,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,731 ha | 17,000 ha | 33,518 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 36,302 ha | 32,002 ha | 43,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 38,571 ha | 35,000 ha | 44,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 39,947 ha | 39,295 ha | 40,267 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 25 USSR 52,000 ha compare
- 26 Chad 49,742 ha compare
- 27 Central African Republic 46,881 ha compare
- 27 Caribbean 1,564 ha compare
- 29 Botswana 39,033 ha compare
- 30 South Sudan 37,549 ha compare
- 31 Philippines 37,008 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 other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Niger?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Niger was 40,230 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 60,200 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,000 ha in 1984.
- How does Niger rank for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Niger ranks 28th out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. 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 Other pulses n.e.c. — 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.