Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Niger
Niger: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 69,389 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Niger is 69,389 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 32.8% on the previous year and up 424.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Niger peaked at 69,389 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7,647 ha, in 2001.
That places Niger 70th out of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Niger, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,022 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,930 ha | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 17,810 ha | -5.9% |
| 1964 | 18,903 ha | +6.1% |
| 1965 | 20,542 ha | +8.7% |
| 1966 | 22,289 ha | +8.5% |
| 1967 | 24,711 ha | +10.9% |
| 1968 | 28,011 ha | +13.4% |
| 1969 | 28,802 ha | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 25,595 ha | -11.1% |
| 1971 | 25,690 ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 20,007 ha | -22.1% |
| 1973 | 25,670 ha | +28.3% |
| 1974 | 32,435 ha | +26.4% |
| 1975 | 36,000 ha | +11.0% |
| 1976 | 29,500 ha | -18.1% |
| 1977 | 27,020 ha | -8.4% |
| 1978 | 30,012 ha | +11.1% |
| 1979 | 32,664 ha | +8.8% |
| 1980 | 25,030 ha | -23.4% |
| 1981 | 30,350 ha | +21.3% |
| 1982 | 38,480 ha | +26.8% |
| 1983 | 32,100 ha | -16.6% |
| 1984 | 31,420 ha | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 27,140 ha | -13.6% |
| 1986 | 33,160 ha | +22.2% |
| 1987 | 33,680 ha | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 27,200 ha | -19.2% |
| 1989 | 22,710 ha | -16.5% |
| 1990 | 20,240 ha | -10.9% |
| 1991 | 17,790 ha | -12.1% |
| 1992 | 11,490 ha | -35.4% |
| 1993 | 15,320 ha | +33.3% |
| 1994 | 9,900 ha | -35.4% |
| 1995 | 11,580 ha | +17.0% |
| 1996 | 12,470 ha | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 11,360 ha | -8.9% |
| 1998 | 13,020 ha | +14.6% |
| 1999 | 8,690 ha | -33.3% |
| 2000 | 9,861 ha | +13.5% |
| 2001 | 7,647 ha | -22.5% |
| 2002 | 10,420 ha | +36.3% |
| 2003 | 10,930 ha | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 9,930 ha | -9.1% |
| 2005 | 11,703 ha | +17.9% |
| 2006 | 17,019 ha | +45.4% |
| 2007 | 19,493 ha | +14.5% |
| 2008 | 12,655 ha | -35.1% |
| 2009 | 11,741 ha | -7.2% |
| 2010 | 9,444 ha | -19.6% |
| 2011 | 12,510 ha | +32.5% |
| 2012 | 13,001 ha | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 15,869 ha | +22.1% |
| 2014 | 13,240 ha | -16.6% |
| 2015 | 16,872 ha | +27.4% |
| 2016 | 16,291 ha | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 24,292 ha | +49.1% |
| 2018 | 26,699 ha | +9.9% |
| 2019 | 30,950 ha | +15.9% |
| 2020 | 36,674 ha | +18.5% |
| 2021 | 30,988 ha | -15.5% |
| 2022 | 57,118 ha | +84.3% |
| 2023 | 52,244 ha | -8.5% |
| 2024 | 69,389 ha | +32.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,002 ha | 17,810 ha | 28,802 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 28,459 ha | 20,007 ha | 36,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,127 ha | 22,710 ha | 38,480 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,186 ha | 8,690 ha | 20,240 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,140 ha | 7,647 ha | 19,493 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,917 ha | 9,444 ha | 30,950 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 49,283 ha | 30,988 ha | 69,389 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Niger?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Niger was 69,389 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 69,389 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,647 ha in 2001.
- How does Niger rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Niger ranks 70th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 424.1%. 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 Roots and Tubers, 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.