Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Niger
Niger: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 5.73 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Niger recorded 5.73 million ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Niger peaked at 6.04 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 450,000 ha, in 1961.
Niger ranks 2nd of 169 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Niger, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 450,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 500,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1963 | 531,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1964 | 545,550 ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 504,042 ha | -7.6% |
| 1966 | 652,500 ha | +29.5% |
| 1967 | 738,500 ha | +13.2% |
| 1968 | 792,800 ha | +7.4% |
| 1969 | 1.03 million ha | +29.7% |
| 1970 | 1.04 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 1.06 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 971,405 ha | -8.0% |
| 1973 | 856,660 ha | -11.8% |
| 1974 | 942,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1975 | 865,800 ha | -8.1% |
| 1976 | 885,100 ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 764,000 ha | -13.7% |
| 1978 | 967,035 ha | +26.6% |
| 1979 | 959,400 ha | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 1.12 million ha | +16.5% |
| 1981 | 1.23 million ha | +9.7% |
| 1982 | 1.38 million ha | +12.8% |
| 1983 | 1.56 million ha | +12.7% |
| 1984 | 1.52 million ha | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 1.57 million ha | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 1.60 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 1.80 million ha | +12.4% |
| 1988 | 1.94 million ha | +7.5% |
| 1989 | 2.21 million ha | +14.2% |
| 1990 | 2.60 million ha | +17.8% |
| 1991 | 2.92 million ha | +12.3% |
| 1992 | 3.98 million ha | +36.2% |
| 1993 | 3.43 million ha | -13.8% |
| 1994 | 3.06 million ha | -10.7% |
| 1995 | 3.53 million ha | +15.1% |
| 1996 | 3.13 million ha | -11.2% |
| 1997 | 3.37 million ha | +7.6% |
| 1998 | 3.54 million ha | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 3.85 million ha | +8.8% |
| 2000 | 3.91 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 3.58 million ha | -8.5% |
| 2002 | 3.93 million ha | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 4.18 million ha | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 2.80 million ha | -32.9% |
| 2005 | 3.55 million ha | +26.7% |
| 2006 | 4.22 million ha | +18.9% |
| 2007 | 4.87 million ha | +15.4% |
| 2008 | 5.36 million ha | +10.1% |
| 2009 | 4.30 million ha | -19.8% |
| 2010 | 5.71 million ha | +32.7% |
| 2011 | 4.78 million ha | -16.3% |
| 2012 | 4.83 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 5.27 million ha | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 5.47 million ha | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 5.06 million ha | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 5.33 million ha | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 6.02 million ha | +12.8% |
| 2018 | 6.04 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 5.87 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 5.88 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 5.98 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 6.04 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 5.66 million ha | -6.3% |
| 2024 | 5.73 million ha | +1.3% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 5.73 million ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 244,843 ha, 23.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Niger's 5.73 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 161,940 ha, 35.4× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 638,077 ha | 450,000 ha | 1.03 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 930,340 ha | 764,000 ha | 1.06 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.59 million ha | 1.12 million ha | 2.21 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.34 million ha | 2.60 million ha | 3.98 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.07 million ha | 2.80 million ha | 5.36 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.44 million ha | 4.78 million ha | 6.04 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.86 million ha | 5.66 million ha | 6.04 million 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Niger?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Niger was 5.73 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 6.04 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 450,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Niger rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Niger ranks 2nd out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.