Pineapples — Area harvested in Nigeria
Nigeria: Pineapples — Area harvested was 198,573 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pineapples — Area harvested in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 198,573 ha for pineapples — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pineapples — area harvested in Nigeria peaked at 198,573 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 80,000 ha, in 1961.
Nigeria ranks 1st of 85 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pineapples — Area harvested in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 80,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 90,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 95,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 99,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 100,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 105,505 ha | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 105,570 ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 105,641 ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 105,720 ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 105,802 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 105,477 ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 110,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 115,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 116,747 ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 117,005 ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 116,977 ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 116,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 116,766 ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 116,938 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 116,500 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 117,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 117,500 ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 120,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 125,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 180,000 ha | +44.0% |
| 2011 | 180,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 180,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 180,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 182,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 183,564 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 186,981 ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 190,314 ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 192,368 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 192,564 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 191,826 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 195,699 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 196,170 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 197,375 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 198,573 ha | +0.6% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 198,573 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,685 ha, 74.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 198,573 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,345 ha, 84.7× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pineapples — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +44.0% | 125,000 ha | 180,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80,000 ha | 80,000 ha | 80,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 90,500 ha | 90,000 ha | 95,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 95,400 ha | 95,000 ha | 99,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 107,546 ha | 100,000 ha | 116,747 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 117,969 ha | 116,000 ha | 125,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 184,779 ha | 180,000 ha | 192,564 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 195,929 ha | 191,826 ha | 198,573 ha | 5 |
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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 pineapples — area harvested in Nigeria?
- Pineapples — area harvested in Nigeria was 198,573 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 198,573 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 80,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for pineapples — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 1st out of 85 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pineapples — area harvested rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. 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 Pineapples — 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.