Taro — Area harvested in Nigeria
Nigeria: Taro — Area harvested was 1.39 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Taro — Area harvested in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, taro — area harvested in Nigeria stood at 1.39 million ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 4.5% on the previous year and up 117.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Nigeria peaked at 1.39 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 40,000 ha, in 1979.
Nigeria ranks 1st of 52 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Taro — Area harvested in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 181,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 295,000 ha | +63.0% |
| 1963 | 257,000 ha | -12.9% |
| 1964 | 284,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 1965 | 282,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 246,000 ha | -12.8% |
| 1967 | 288,000 ha | +17.1% |
| 1968 | 243,000 ha | -15.6% |
| 1969 | 284,000 ha | +16.9% |
| 1970 | 328,000 ha | +15.5% |
| 1971 | 210,000 ha | -36.0% |
| 1972 | 325,000 ha | +54.8% |
| 1973 | 265,000 ha | -18.5% |
| 1974 | 115,000 ha | -56.6% |
| 1975 | 120,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 125,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 85,000 ha | -32.0% |
| 1978 | 50,000 ha | -41.2% |
| 1979 | 40,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1980 | 65,000 ha | +62.5% |
| 1981 | 85,000 ha | +30.8% |
| 1982 | 85,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 70,000 ha | -17.6% |
| 1984 | 68,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1985 | 70,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 91,000 ha | +30.0% |
| 1987 | 83,000 ha | -8.8% |
| 1988 | 127,000 ha | +53.0% |
| 1989 | 137,000 ha | +7.9% |
| 1990 | 141,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 166,000 ha | +17.7% |
| 1992 | 188,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1993 | 213,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1994 | 226,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1995 | 262,590 ha | +16.2% |
| 1996 | 279,660 ha | +6.5% |
| 1997 | 297,620 ha | +6.4% |
| 1998 | 304,910 ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 267,240 ha | -12.4% |
| 2000 | 243,710 ha | -8.8% |
| 2001 | 296,040 ha | +21.5% |
| 2002 | 299,010 ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 308,900 ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 288,740 ha | -6.5% |
| 2005 | 296,810 ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 312,230 ha | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 394,110 ha | +26.2% |
| 2008 | 462,620 ha | +17.4% |
| 2009 | 482,460 ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 520,130 ha | +7.8% |
| 2011 | 446,991 ha | -14.1% |
| 2012 | 622,800 ha | +39.3% |
| 2013 | 622,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 639,980 ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 826,800 ha | +29.2% |
| 2016 | 947,240 ha | +14.6% |
| 2017 | 1.06 million ha | +12.1% |
| 2018 | 1.11 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 1.22 million ha | +9.8% |
| 2020 | 1.33 million ha | +8.9% |
| 2021 | 1.34 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 1.32 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 1.33 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 1.39 million ha | +4.5% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 1.39 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,710 ha, 815.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 1.39 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15,423 ha, 90.4× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 262,222 ha | 181,000 ha | 295,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 166,300 ha | 40,000 ha | 328,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 88,100 ha | 65,000 ha | 137,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 234,602 ha | 141,000 ha | 304,910 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 338,463 ha | 243,710 ha | 482,460 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 802,513 ha | 446,991 ha | 1.22 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.34 million ha | 1.32 million ha | 1.39 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
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 taro — area harvested in Nigeria?
- Taro — area harvested in Nigeria was 1.39 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1.39 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,000 ha in 1979.
- How does Nigeria rank for taro — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 1st out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 117.8%. 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 Taro — 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.