Potatoes — Area harvested in Niger
Niger: Potatoes — Area harvested was 10,922 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in Niger is 10,922 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 31.3% on the previous year and up 278.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Niger peaked at 15,902 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Niger 87th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Niger, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 20 ha | — |
| 1978 | 24 ha | +20.0% |
| 1979 | 24 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 30 ha | +25.0% |
| 1981 | 50 ha | +66.7% |
| 1982 | 80 ha | +60.0% |
| 1983 | 100 ha | +25.0% |
| 1984 | 120 ha | +20.0% |
| 1985 | 140 ha | +16.7% |
| 1986 | 160 ha | +14.3% |
| 1987 | 180 ha | +12.5% |
| 1988 | 200 ha | +11.1% |
| 1989 | 220 ha | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 240 ha | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 690 ha | +187.5% |
| 1992 | 520 ha | -24.6% |
| 1993 | 500 ha | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 490 ha | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 760 ha | +55.1% |
| 1996 | 870 ha | +14.5% |
| 1997 | 1,090 ha | +25.3% |
| 1998 | 1,150 ha | +5.5% |
| 1999 | 750 ha | -34.8% |
| 2000 | 705 ha | -6.0% |
| 2001 | 670 ha | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 1,410 ha | +110.4% |
| 2003 | 1,270 ha | -9.9% |
| 2004 | 1,100 ha | -13.4% |
| 2005 | 1,300 ha | +18.2% |
| 2006 | 2,800 ha | +115.4% |
| 2007 | 2,193 ha | -21.7% |
| 2008 | 1,275 ha | -41.9% |
| 2009 | 1,969 ha | +54.4% |
| 2010 | 1,536 ha | -22.0% |
| 2011 | 1,503 ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 2,428 ha | +61.5% |
| 2013 | 3,432 ha | +41.4% |
| 2014 | 2,889 ha | -15.8% |
| 2015 | 5,018 ha | +73.7% |
| 2016 | 5,590 ha | +11.4% |
| 2017 | 5,650 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 5,672 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 6,596 ha | +16.3% |
| 2020 | 7,571 ha | +14.8% |
| 2021 | 10,325 ha | +36.4% |
| 2022 | 11,512 ha | +11.5% |
| 2023 | 15,902 ha | +38.1% |
| 2024 | 10,922 ha | -31.3% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 10,922 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 41,532 ha, 26% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Niger's 10,922 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,152 ha, 77% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Niger 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 | +187.5% | 240 ha | 690 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6.8 ha | 0 ha | 24 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 128 ha | 30 ha | 220 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 706 ha | 240 ha | 1,150 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,469 ha | 670 ha | 2,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,031 ha | 1,503 ha | 6,596 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,246 ha | 7,571 ha | 15,902 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Niger
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4759 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8163 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 47.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 47.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Niger?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Niger was 10,922 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 15,902 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Niger rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Niger ranks 87th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 278.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Potatoes — 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.