Tomatoes — Area harvested in Niger
Niger: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 26,865 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Niger recorded 26,865 ha for tomatoes — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 207.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Niger peaked at 26,865 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 300 ha, in 1970.
Niger ranks 28th of 169 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Niger, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 360 ha | — |
| 1962 | 360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 370 ha | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 400 ha | +8.1% |
| 1965 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 493 ha | +23.2% |
| 1969 | 448 ha | -9.1% |
| 1970 | 300 ha | -33.0% |
| 1971 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 344 ha | +14.7% |
| 1973 | 1,600 ha | +365.1% |
| 1974 | 900 ha | -43.8% |
| 1975 | 2,000 ha | +122.2% |
| 1976 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 900 ha | -55.0% |
| 1978 | 1,351 ha | +50.1% |
| 1979 | 1,120 ha | -17.1% |
| 1980 | 1,200 ha | +7.1% |
| 1981 | 1,700 ha | +41.7% |
| 1982 | 2,600 ha | +52.9% |
| 1983 | 4,300 ha | +65.4% |
| 1984 | 5,100 ha | +18.6% |
| 1985 | 4,400 ha | -13.7% |
| 1986 | 4,100 ha | -6.8% |
| 1987 | 5,000 ha | +22.0% |
| 1988 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,400 ha | -12.0% |
| 1990 | 3,711 ha | -15.7% |
| 1991 | 2,960 ha | -20.2% |
| 1992 | 2,630 ha | -11.1% |
| 1993 | 1,930 ha | -26.6% |
| 1994 | 4,670 ha | +142.0% |
| 1995 | 3,400 ha | -27.2% |
| 1996 | 3,240 ha | -4.7% |
| 1997 | 3,440 ha | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 4,735 ha | +37.6% |
| 1999 | 5,759 ha | +21.6% |
| 2000 | 7,988 ha | +38.7% |
| 2001 | 3,880 ha | -51.4% |
| 2002 | 4,500 ha | +16.0% |
| 2003 | 3,810 ha | -15.3% |
| 2004 | 6,000 ha | +57.5% |
| 2005 | 6,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 2006 | 7,111 ha | +9.4% |
| 2007 | 7,681 ha | +8.0% |
| 2008 | 9,515 ha | +23.9% |
| 2009 | 5,118 ha | -46.2% |
| 2010 | 7,207 ha | +40.8% |
| 2011 | 7,017 ha | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 6,833 ha | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 9,723 ha | +42.3% |
| 2014 | 8,739 ha | -10.1% |
| 2015 | 10,475 ha | +19.9% |
| 2016 | 11,297 ha | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 10,848 ha | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 11,037 ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 12,215 ha | +10.7% |
| 2020 | 12,264 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 13,984 ha | +14.0% |
| 2022 | 14,284 ha | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 26,458 ha | +85.2% |
| 2024 | 26,865 ha | +1.5% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 26,865 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 11,450 ha, 2.3× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Niger's 26,865 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,251 ha, 2.9× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +365.1% | 344 ha | 1,600 ha |
| 1994 | +142.0% | 1,930 ha | 4,670 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 403.44 ha | 360 ha | 493 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,082 ha | 300 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,780 ha | 1,200 ha | 5,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,648 ha | 1,930 ha | 5,759 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,210 ha | 3,810 ha | 9,515 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,539 ha | 6,833 ha | 12,215 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,771 ha | 12,264 ha | 26,865 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 25 Sudan (former) 37,040 ha compare
- 26 Bangladesh 31,111 ha compare
- 27 Côte d'Ivoire 5,769 ha compare
- 27 Kenya 27,823 ha compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 418 ha compare
- 29 Malawi 24,410 ha compare
- 30 Algeria 24,398 ha compare
- 31 Tunisia 22,592 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 tomatoes — area harvested in Niger?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Niger was 26,865 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 26,865 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 ha in 1970.
- How does Niger rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Niger ranks 28th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 207.4%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.