Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Nigeria
Nigeria: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 1.66 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Nigeria, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 1.66 ha per square kilometre for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in 2023.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Nigeria peaked at 1.7 ha per square kilometre in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0121 ha per square kilometre, in 1972.
Nigeria ranks 4th of 99 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0143 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0143 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0143 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0154 ha per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1965 | 0.0154 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0154 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0165 ha per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 0.0165 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0176 ha per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1970 | 0.0132 ha per square kilometre | -25.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0132 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0121 ha per square kilometre | -8.3% |
| 1973 | 0.0121 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.0121 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0121 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0121 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0132 ha per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 0.0132 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0132 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0132 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0143 ha per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 1982 | 0.0143 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0154 ha per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0154 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0132 ha per square kilometre | -14.3% |
| 1986 | 0.0143 ha per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 1987 | 0.0165 ha per square kilometre | +15.4% |
| 1988 | 0.0165 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | +33.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0307 ha per square kilometre | +40.0% |
| 1991 | 0.034 ha per square kilometre | +10.7% |
| 1992 | 0.056 ha per square kilometre | +64.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0758 ha per square kilometre | +35.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0758 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.3283 ha per square kilometre | +333.3% |
| 1996 | 0.3305 ha per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.3656 ha per square kilometre | +10.6% |
| 1998 | 0.3098 ha per square kilometre | -15.3% |
| 1999 | 0.897 ha per square kilometre | +189.5% |
| 2000 | 0.9036 ha per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.9047 ha per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9629 ha per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9827 ha per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 1.05 ha per square kilometre | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 1.09 ha per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 1.12 ha per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 1.24 ha per square kilometre | +10.8% |
| 2008 | 1.21 ha per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 1.21 ha per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 1.43 ha per square kilometre | +18.0% |
| 2011 | 1.46 ha per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 1.46 ha per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 1.52 ha per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 1.65 ha per square kilometre | +8.7% |
| 2015 | 1.7 ha per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 1.63 ha per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 1.66 ha per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 1.66 ha per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1.65 ha per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 1.66 ha per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 1.66 ha per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 1.66 ha per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 1.66 ha per square kilometre | +0.1% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 1.66 ha per square kilometre is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0781 ha per square kilometre, 21.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 1.66 ha per square kilometre is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0885 ha per square kilometre, 18.7× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +333.3% | 0.0758 ha per square kilometre | 0.3283 ha per square kilometre |
| 1999 | +189.5% | 0.3098 ha per square kilometre | 0.897 ha per square kilometre |
| 1992 | +64.5% | 0.034 ha per square kilometre | 0.056 ha per square kilometre |
| 1990 | +40.0% | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | 0.0307 ha per square kilometre |
| 1993 | +35.3% | 0.056 ha per square kilometre | 0.0758 ha per square kilometre |
| 1989 | +33.3% | 0.0165 ha per square kilometre | 0.022 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0155 ha per square kilometre | 0.0143 ha per square kilometre | 0.0176 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0126 ha per square kilometre | 0.0121 ha per square kilometre | 0.0132 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0155 ha per square kilometre | 0.0132 ha per square kilometre | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2504 ha per square kilometre | 0.0307 ha per square kilometre | 0.897 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.07 ha per square kilometre | 0.9036 ha per square kilometre | 1.24 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.58 ha per square kilometre | 1.43 ha per square kilometre | 1.7 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.66 ha per square kilometre | 1.66 ha per square kilometre | 1.66 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
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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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Nigeria?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Nigeria was 1.66 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1.7 ha per square kilometre in 2015.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0121 ha per square kilometre in 1972.
- How does Nigeria rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Nigeria ranks 4th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.