Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Niger
Niger: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 16,311 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Niger stood at 16,311 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 70.2% on the previous year and up 340.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Niger peaked at 16,311 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 949 ha, in 1966.
That places Niger 35th out of 113 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.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Niger, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,232 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,430 ha | +8.9% |
| 1963 | 1,600 ha | -34.2% |
| 1964 | 1,633 ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 1,472 ha | -9.9% |
| 1966 | 949 ha | -35.5% |
| 1967 | 1,197 ha | +26.1% |
| 1968 | 1,211 ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 1,259 ha | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 1,295 ha | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 1,390 ha | +7.3% |
| 1972 | 1,480 ha | +6.5% |
| 1973 | 1,898 ha | +28.2% |
| 1974 | 1,200 ha | -36.8% |
| 1975 | 1,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 1976 | 7,500 ha | +581.8% |
| 1977 | 6,300 ha | -16.0% |
| 1978 | 3,900 ha | -38.1% |
| 1979 | 4,645 ha | +19.1% |
| 1980 | 4,000 ha | -13.9% |
| 1981 | 4,300 ha | +7.5% |
| 1982 | 4,700 ha | +9.3% |
| 1983 | 7,000 ha | +48.9% |
| 1984 | 11,300 ha | +61.4% |
| 1985 | 7,000 ha | -38.1% |
| 1986 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1989 | 3,490 ha | -30.2% |
| 1990 | 4,000 ha | +14.6% |
| 1991 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 3,970 ha | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 4,820 ha | +21.4% |
| 1994 | 3,910 ha | -18.9% |
| 1995 | 4,820 ha | +23.3% |
| 1996 | 4,200 ha | -12.9% |
| 1997 | 1,670 ha | -60.2% |
| 1998 | 2,070 ha | +24.0% |
| 1999 | 2,400 ha | +15.9% |
| 2000 | 2,070 ha | -13.8% |
| 2001 | 1,960 ha | -5.3% |
| 2002 | 3,010 ha | +53.6% |
| 2003 | 2,860 ha | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 2,530 ha | -11.5% |
| 2005 | 2,903 ha | +14.7% |
| 2006 | 5,700 ha | +96.3% |
| 2007 | 7,700 ha | +35.1% |
| 2008 | 3,439 ha | -55.3% |
| 2009 | 3,042 ha | -11.5% |
| 2010 | 2,719 ha | -10.6% |
| 2011 | 3,908 ha | +43.7% |
| 2012 | 3,894 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 4,621 ha | +18.7% |
| 2014 | 3,700 ha | -19.9% |
| 2015 | 4,010 ha | +8.4% |
| 2016 | 4,429 ha | +10.4% |
| 2017 | 4,787 ha | +8.1% |
| 2018 | 5,153 ha | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 6,233 ha | +21.0% |
| 2020 | 6,993 ha | +12.2% |
| 2021 | 6,911 ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 10,928 ha | +58.1% |
| 2023 | 9,581 ha | -12.3% |
| 2024 | 16,311 ha | +70.2% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 16,311 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 38,904 ha, 42% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Niger's 16,311 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,960 ha, 56% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +581.8% | 1,100 ha | 7,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,554 ha | 949 ha | 2,430 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,071 ha | 1,100 ha | 7,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,079 ha | 3,490 ha | 11,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,596 ha | 1,670 ha | 4,820 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,521 ha | 1,960 ha | 7,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,345 ha | 2,719 ha | 6,233 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,145 ha | 6,911 ha | 16,311 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 32 Republic of Korea 20,358 ha compare
- 33 Ethiopia PDR 19,200 ha compare
- 34 Equatorial Guinea 19,150 ha compare
- 36 Peru 16,290 ha compare
- 37 Benin 12,318 ha compare
- 38 Egypt 11,989 ha compare
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 sweet potatoes — area harvested in Niger?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Niger was 16,311 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 16,311 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 949 ha in 1966.
- How does Niger rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Niger ranks 35th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 340.8%. 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 Sweet potatoes — 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.