Sugar cane — Area harvested in Nigeria
Nigeria: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 88,518 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Nigeria, 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 Nigeria is 88,518 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Nigeria peaked at 90,163 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 7,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Nigeria 24th out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 9,500 ha | +26.7% |
| 1964 | 11,500 ha | +21.1% |
| 1965 | 13,500 ha | +17.4% |
| 1966 | 13,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 15,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 15,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 16,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 17,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1972 | 17,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 16,500 ha | -5.7% |
| 1974 | 17,500 ha | +6.1% |
| 1975 | 18,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 19,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1977 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1981 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 22,500 ha | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 20,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1984 | 20,500 ha | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 21,400 ha | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 22,400 ha | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 22,100 ha | -1.3% |
| 1988 | 22,200 ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 22,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 22,400 ha | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 22,200 ha | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 22,400 ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 23,800 ha | +6.2% |
| 1994 | 18,750 ha | -21.2% |
| 1995 | 19,270 ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 21,053 ha | +9.3% |
| 1997 | 21,900 ha | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 23,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 24,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 23,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 40,000 ha | +73.9% |
| 2003 | 42,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 43,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 44,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 47,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 63,000 ha | +34.0% |
| 2008 | 71,890 ha | +14.1% |
| 2009 | 73,060 ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 45,680 ha | -37.5% |
| 2011 | 49,008 ha | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 61,821 ha | +26.1% |
| 2013 | 70,926 ha | +14.7% |
| 2014 | 81,872 ha | +15.4% |
| 2015 | 85,018 ha | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 86,373 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 84,421 ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 88,415 ha | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 86,403 ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 90,163 ha | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 88,327 ha | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 88,298 ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 88,929 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 88,518 ha | -0.5% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 88,518 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32,772 ha, 2.7× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 88,518 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18,222 ha, 4.9× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +73.9% | 23,000 ha | 40,000 ha |
| 2010 | -37.5% | 73,060 ha | 45,680 ha |
| 2007 | +34.0% | 47,000 ha | 63,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 15,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,250 ha | 16,000 ha | 21,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,860 ha | 20,000 ha | 23,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,877 ha | 18,750 ha | 24,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 47,095 ha | 23,000 ha | 73,060 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 73,994 ha | 45,680 ha | 88,415 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 88,847 ha | 88,298 ha | 90,163 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 21 Cabo Verde 3,114 ha compare
- 21 Dominican Republic 110,649 ha compare
- 22 Paraguay 110,000 ha compare
- 23 Madagascar 100,974 ha compare
- 25 Uganda 87,249 ha compare
- 26 Zimbabwe 79,728 ha compare
- 27 Ecuador 76,356 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 sugar cane — area harvested in Nigeria?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Nigeria was 88,518 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 90,163 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 24th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.