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 15th of 122 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 24,000 ha | +60.0% |
| 1963 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 31,000 ha | +24.0% |
| 1965 | 35,500 ha | +14.5% |
| 1966 | 37,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 38,500 ha | +4.1% |
| 1968 | 40,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 40,100 ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 40,300 ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 40,100 ha | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 40,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 40,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 52,500 ha | +30.9% |
| 1991 | 77,500 ha | +47.6% |
| 1992 | 92,500 ha | +19.4% |
| 1993 | 122,500 ha | +32.4% |
| 1994 | 137,500 ha | +12.2% |
| 1995 | 160,421 ha | +16.7% |
| 1996 | 186,724 ha | +16.4% |
| 1997 | 257,144 ha | +37.7% |
| 1998 | 256,405 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 241,458 ha | -5.8% |
| 2000 | 261,965 ha | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 267,831 ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 275,721 ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 279,628 ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 294,569 ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 311,550 ha | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 322,600 ha | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 332,700 ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 332,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 362,750 ha | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 385,309 ha | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 340,316 ha | -11.7% |
| 2012 | 296,848 ha | -12.8% |
| 2013 | 171,500 ha | -42.2% |
| 2014 | 129,277 ha | -24.6% |
| 2015 | 134,287 ha | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 135,277 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 142,717 ha | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 142,703 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 142,698 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 170,264 ha | +19.3% |
| 2021 | 172,758 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 172,757 ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 174,769 ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 172,997 ha | -1.0% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 172,997 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,680 ha, 25.9× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 172,997 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 27,038 ha, 6.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Treenuts, Total — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +60.0% | 15,000 ha | 24,000 ha |
| 1991 | +47.6% | 52,500 ha | 77,500 ha |
| 2013 | -42.2% | 296,848 ha | 171,500 ha |
| 1997 | +37.7% | 186,724 ha | 257,144 ha |
| 1993 | +32.4% | 92,500 ha | 122,500 ha |
| 1990 | +30.9% | 40,100 ha | 52,500 ha |
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
- 12 Tunisia 225,554 ha compare
- 12 Melanesia 10,816 ha compare
- 13 Côte d'Ivoire 1.44 million ha compare
- 13 Mexico 193,800 ha compare
- 14 Italy 193,780 ha compare
- 14 Micronesia 440 ha compare
- 16 Mozambique 168,452 ha compare
- 17 Guinea-Bissau 157,920 ha compare
- 18 Australia and New Zealand 129,264 ha compare
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 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 15th out of 122 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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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.