Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Nigeria
Nigeria: Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested was 152,867 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Nigeria, 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 Nigeria is 152,867 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Nigeria peaked at 154,885 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 74,309 ha, in 1991.
That places Nigeria 8th out of 116 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.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 93,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 93,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 95,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 98,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 101,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 102,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 102,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 104,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 104,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 108,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 108,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 109,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 109,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 110,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 110,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 110,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 110,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 110,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 115,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 115,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 115,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 118,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 120,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 120,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 120,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 120,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 120,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 120,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 120,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 131,832 ha | +9.9% |
| 1991 | 74,309 ha | -43.6% |
| 1992 | 77,595 ha | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 80,842 ha | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 84,048 ha | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 87,216 ha | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 90,345 ha | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 93,436 ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 96,491 ha | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 99,510 ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 102,492 ha | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 105,440 ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 108,354 ha | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 111,233 ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 115,144 ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 119,432 ha | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 125,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 130,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 120,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 2009 | 120,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 130,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 130,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 130,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 140,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 149,254 ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 143,411 ha | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 145,735 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 147,496 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 149,941 ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 151,872 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 154,885 ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 152,233 ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 152,997 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 153,371 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 152,867 ha | -0.3% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 152,867 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,822 ha, 11.9× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 152,867 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,578 ha, 5.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other pulses n.e.c. — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -43.6% | 131,832 ha | 74,309 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 99,111 ha | 93,000 ha | 104,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 109,900 ha | 108,000 ha | 115,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 118,800 ha | 115,000 ha | 120,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 91,562 ha | 74,309 ha | 131,832 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 115,710 ha | 102,492 ha | 130,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 141,771 ha | 130,000 ha | 151,872 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 153,271 ha | 152,233 ha | 154,885 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 5 Ghana 282,061 ha compare
- 6 Poland 240,200 ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 35,095 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 27,030 ha compare
- 7 Kenya 201,246 ha compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 22,192 ha compare
- 9 Pakistan 140,559 ha compare
- 9 Melanesia 14,033 ha compare
- 10 Ethiopia PDR 127,000 ha compare
- 10 Türkiye 3,228 ha compare
- 11 Sierra Leone 119,429 ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 3,199 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 other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Nigeria?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Nigeria was 152,867 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 Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 154,885 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 74,309 ha in 1991.
- How does Nigeria rank for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 8th out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. 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 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.