Papayas — Area harvested in Nigeria
Nigeria: Papayas — Area harvested was 95,363 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Papayas — Area harvested in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for papayas — area harvested in Nigeria is 95,363 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — area harvested in Nigeria peaked at 95,703 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 35,000 ha, in 1961.
Nigeria ranks 2nd of 64 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Papayas — Area harvested in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 35,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 40,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1966 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 45,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 50,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 55,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1981 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 62,000 ha | +12.7% |
| 1990 | 65,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 66,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 68,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 77,000 ha | +13.2% |
| 1994 | 78,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 80,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 81,263 ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 82,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 90,000 ha | +9.8% |
| 1999 | 89,627 ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 89,315 ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 89,973 ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 91,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 91,054 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 91,148 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 91,500 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 92,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 92,500 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 93,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 93,463 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 92,865 ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 94,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 95,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 94,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 94,200 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 92,660 ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 91,289 ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 91,850 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 92,553 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 94,230 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 95,703 ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 95,167 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 95,025 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 95,195 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 95,363 ha | +0.2% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 95,363 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,252 ha, 76.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 95,363 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,659 ha, 57.5× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,778 ha | 35,000 ha | 40,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 47,500 ha | 45,000 ha | 50,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 55,700 ha | 55,000 ha | 62,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 77,689 ha | 65,000 ha | 90,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 91,495 ha | 89,315 ha | 93,463 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 93,265 ha | 91,289 ha | 95,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 95,291 ha | 95,025 ha | 95,703 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 1 India 148,977 ha compare
- 3 Brazil 27,681 ha compare
- 4 Mexico 20,411 ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 12,241 ha compare
- 5 Dominican Republic 14,229 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 papayas — area harvested in Nigeria?
- Papayas — area harvested in Nigeria was 95,363 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 95,703 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest papayas — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 35,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for papayas — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 2nd out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — area harvested rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. 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 Papayas — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.