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 9th out of 126 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.
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 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- Agriculture share gdp 22.98 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 22.98 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
- Rural population 36.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 86.04 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 66.82 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 6.91 million t (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 9th out of 126 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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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.