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 74 countries on this measure, 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 | 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 |
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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 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 74 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.
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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.