Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Nigeria
Nigeria: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 588,813 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Nigeria stood at 588,813 ha.
That represents a change of up 10.5% on the previous year and up 47.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Nigeria peaked at 704,000 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 220,000 ha, in 1985.
Nigeria ranks 11th of 94 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 300,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 300,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 300,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 300,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 300,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 300,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 300,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 364,000 ha | +21.3% |
| 1970 | 445,000 ha | +22.3% |
| 1971 | 405,000 ha | -9.0% |
| 1972 | 405,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 445,000 ha | +9.9% |
| 1974 | 486,000 ha | +9.2% |
| 1975 | 500,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 526,000 ha | +5.2% |
| 1977 | 704,000 ha | +33.8% |
| 1978 | 635,000 ha | -9.8% |
| 1979 | 526,000 ha | -17.2% |
| 1980 | 476,000 ha | -9.5% |
| 1981 | 445,000 ha | -6.5% |
| 1982 | 429,000 ha | -3.6% |
| 1983 | 405,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1984 | 405,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 220,000 ha | -45.7% |
| 1986 | 285,000 ha | +29.5% |
| 1987 | 320,000 ha | +12.3% |
| 1988 | 360,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1989 | 353,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 575,000 ha | +62.9% |
| 1991 | 643,000 ha | +11.8% |
| 1992 | 653,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 362,000 ha | -44.6% |
| 1994 | 411,000 ha | +13.5% |
| 1995 | 431,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 451,973 ha | +4.9% |
| 1997 | 422,000 ha | -6.6% |
| 1998 | 480,000 ha | +13.7% |
| 1999 | 514,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 538,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2001 | 542,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 611,000 ha | +12.7% |
| 2003 | 602,000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 632,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 659,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 678,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 434,000 ha | -36.0% |
| 2008 | 427,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 374,580 ha | -12.3% |
| 2010 | 398,570 ha | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 259,560 ha | -34.9% |
| 2012 | 323,440 ha | +24.6% |
| 2013 | 415,100 ha | +28.3% |
| 2014 | 398,712 ha | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 401,441 ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 341,777 ha | -14.9% |
| 2017 | 380,643 ha | +11.4% |
| 2018 | 242,519 ha | -36.3% |
| 2019 | 234,245 ha | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 510,370 ha | +117.9% |
| 2021 | 510,890 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 502,514 ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 532,691 ha | +6.0% |
| 2024 | 588,813 ha | +10.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 307,111 ha | 300,000 ha | 364,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 507,700 ha | 405,000 ha | 704,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 369,800 ha | 220,000 ha | 476,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 494,297 ha | 362,000 ha | 653,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 549,758 ha | 374,580 ha | 678,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 339,601 ha | 234,245 ha | 415,100 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 529,056 ha | 502,514 ha | 588,813 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 8 Burkina Faso 651,844 ha compare
- 9 Mali 623,042 ha compare
- 10 Argentina 622,327 ha compare
- 12 Turkmenistan 580,030 ha compare
- 13 Benin 535,579 ha compare
- 14 Australia 473,900 ha compare
- 14 Australia and New Zealand 473,900 ha compare
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- 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 22.98 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 22.98 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Nigeria?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Nigeria was 588,813 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 704,000 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 220,000 ha in 1985.
- How does Nigeria rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 11th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.7%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — 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.