Sugar cane — Area harvested in Niger
Niger: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 11,303 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — area harvested in Niger is 11,303 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.6% on the previous year and up 106.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Niger peaked at 12,637 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 694 ha, in 1966.
Niger ranks 60th of 103 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Niger, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,162 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,948 ha | -9.9% |
| 1963 | 2,066 ha | +6.1% |
| 1964 | 1,860 ha | -10.0% |
| 1965 | 2,064 ha | +11.0% |
| 1966 | 694 ha | -66.4% |
| 1967 | 1,003 ha | +44.5% |
| 1968 | 1,300 ha | +29.6% |
| 1969 | 1,360 ha | +4.6% |
| 1970 | 1,385 ha | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 1,465 ha | +5.8% |
| 1972 | 1,500 ha | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 2,085 ha | +39.0% |
| 1974 | 1,400 ha | -32.9% |
| 1975 | 4,300 ha | +207.1% |
| 1976 | 2,500 ha | -41.9% |
| 1977 | 2,700 ha | +8.0% |
| 1978 | 3,690 ha | +36.7% |
| 1979 | 3,540 ha | -4.1% |
| 1980 | 3,400 ha | -4.0% |
| 1981 | 5,700 ha | +67.6% |
| 1982 | 4,700 ha | -17.5% |
| 1983 | 4,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 6,200 ha | +31.9% |
| 1985 | 4,100 ha | -33.9% |
| 1986 | 4,500 ha | +9.8% |
| 1987 | 4,600 ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 4,200 ha | -8.7% |
| 1989 | 3,800 ha | -9.5% |
| 1990 | 3,700 ha | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 3,000 ha | -18.9% |
| 1992 | 3,700 ha | +23.3% |
| 1993 | 2,300 ha | -37.8% |
| 1994 | 2,200 ha | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 4,000 ha | +81.8% |
| 1996 | 5,300 ha | +32.5% |
| 1997 | 6,500 ha | +22.6% |
| 1998 | 5,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 1999 | 3,263 ha | -34.7% |
| 2000 | 3,323 ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 3,588 ha | +8.0% |
| 2002 | 3,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 4,200 ha | +10.5% |
| 2007 | 4,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 3,749 ha | -10.7% |
| 2009 | 4,369 ha | +16.5% |
| 2010 | 4,688 ha | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 3,863 ha | -17.6% |
| 2012 | 4,595 ha | +18.9% |
| 2013 | 4,595 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5,486 ha | +19.4% |
| 2015 | 6,397 ha | +16.6% |
| 2016 | 5,840 ha | -8.7% |
| 2017 | 6,474 ha | +10.9% |
| 2018 | 6,777 ha | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 8,099 ha | +19.5% |
| 2020 | 9,888 ha | +22.1% |
| 2021 | 12,059 ha | +22.0% |
| 2022 | 12,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 12,637 ha | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 11,303 ha | -10.6% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 11,303 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 8,060 ha, 1.4× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Niger's 11,303 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18,222 ha, 62% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +207.1% | 1,400 ha | 4,300 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,606 ha | 694 ha | 2,162 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,456 ha | 1,385 ha | 4,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,590 ha | 3,400 ha | 6,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,896 ha | 2,200 ha | 6,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,863 ha | 3,323 ha | 4,369 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,681 ha | 3,863 ha | 8,099 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,577 ha | 9,888 ha | 12,637 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 sugar cane — area harvested in Niger?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Niger was 11,303 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 12,637 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 694 ha in 1966.
- How does Niger rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Niger ranks 60th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 106.0%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.