Potatoes — Area harvested in Nigeria
Nigeria: Potatoes — Area harvested was 327,188 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 327,188 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Nigeria peaked at 331,585 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Nigeria 11th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,023 ha | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 2,500 ha | +23.6% |
| 1972 | 2,800 ha | +12.0% |
| 1973 | 3,200 ha | +14.3% |
| 1974 | 3,400 ha | +6.2% |
| 1975 | 3,800 ha | +11.8% |
| 1976 | 4,200 ha | +10.5% |
| 1977 | 4,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 4,800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1979 | 5,200 ha | +8.3% |
| 1980 | 5,500 ha | +5.8% |
| 1981 | 5,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 5,900 ha | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 6,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1985 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 7,600 ha | +8.6% |
| 1987 | 7,500 ha | -1.3% |
| 1988 | 7,300 ha | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 8,300 ha | +13.7% |
| 1990 | 7,700 ha | -7.2% |
| 1991 | 9,400 ha | +22.1% |
| 1992 | 10,400 ha | +10.6% |
| 1993 | 11,400 ha | +9.6% |
| 1994 | 12,900 ha | +13.2% |
| 1995 | 13,600 ha | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 20,000 ha | +47.1% |
| 1997 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 23,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 1999 | 205,000 ha | +791.3% |
| 2000 | 212,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 212,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 224,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 235,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 246,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 260,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 266,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 269,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 263,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 250,000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 265,992 ha | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 308,560 ha | +16.0% |
| 2012 | 301,303 ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 310,321 ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 316,733 ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 318,600 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 320,336 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 318,556 ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 326,471 ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 321,788 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 331,585 ha | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 326,615 ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 326,662 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 328,287 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 327,188 ha | -0.3% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 327,188 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,053 ha, 13.6× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 327,188 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,152 ha, 23.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +791.3% | 23,000 ha | 205,000 ha |
| 1996 | +47.1% | 13,600 ha | 20,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,642 ha | 2,023 ha | 5,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,770 ha | 5,500 ha | 8,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,440 ha | 7,700 ha | 205,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 243,700 ha | 212,000 ha | 269,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 310,866 ha | 265,992 ha | 326,471 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 328,067 ha | 326,615 ha | 331,585 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 8 Pakistan 338,715 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 64,702 ha compare
- 9 Peru 337,281 ha compare
- 9 Syrian Arab Republic 28,124 ha compare
- 10 Ethiopia 332,146 ha compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 24,254 ha compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 23,914 ha compare
- 12 Republic of Moldova 22,430 ha compare
- 12 Yugoslav SFR 284,512 ha compare
- 13 Germany 282,200 ha compare
- 13 Viet Nam 20,733 ha compare
- 14 Egypt 268,565 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 potatoes — area harvested in Nigeria?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Nigeria was 327,188 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 331,585 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 11th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nigeria 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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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.