Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Nigeria
Nigeria: Treenuts, Total — Area harvested was 172,997 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for treenuts, total — area harvested in Nigeria is 172,997 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 33.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, treenuts, total — area harvested in Nigeria peaked at 385,309 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 15,000 ha, in 1961.
Nigeria ranks 20th of 133 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,778 ha | 15,000 ha | 40,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 40,000 ha | 40,000 ha | 40,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 40,070 ha | 40,000 ha | 40,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 158,465 ha | 52,500 ha | 257,144 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 304,201 ha | 261,965 ha | 362,750 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 202,093 ha | 129,277 ha | 385,309 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 172,709 ha | 170,264 ha | 174,769 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 17 Tunisia 225,554 ha compare
- 18 Mexico 193,800 ha compare
- 19 Italy 193,780 ha compare
- 21 Mozambique 168,452 ha compare
- 22 Guinea-Bissau 157,920 ha compare
- 23 Syrian Arab Republic 137,933 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- Agriculture share gdp 22.98 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 22.98 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
- Rural population 36.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 86.04 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 66.82 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 6.91 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is treenuts, total — area harvested in Nigeria?
- Treenuts, total — area harvested in Nigeria was 172,997 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 385,309 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for treenuts, total — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 20th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is treenuts, total — area harvested rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.8%. 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 Treenuts, Total — 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.