Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Nigeria
Nigeria: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 9,525 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Nigeria is 9,525 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Nigeria peaked at 38,040 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 9,133 ha, in 2014.
That places Nigeria 26th out of 139 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,424 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,424 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 15,782 ha | -18.8% |
| 1964 | 19,425 ha | +23.1% |
| 1965 | 20,234 ha | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 16,592 ha | -18.0% |
| 1967 | 16,996 ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 19,425 ha | +14.3% |
| 1969 | 16,997 ha | -12.5% |
| 1970 | 21,043 ha | +23.8% |
| 1971 | 38,040 ha | +80.8% |
| 1972 | 24,000 ha | -36.9% |
| 1973 | 23,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 1974 | 25,500 ha | +10.9% |
| 1975 | 31,984 ha | +25.4% |
| 1976 | 27,702 ha | -13.4% |
| 1977 | 19,250 ha | -30.5% |
| 1978 | 23,880 ha | +24.1% |
| 1979 | 20,530 ha | -14.0% |
| 1980 | 20,680 ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 16,266 ha | -21.3% |
| 1982 | 16,060 ha | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 13,550 ha | -15.6% |
| 1984 | 19,000 ha | +40.2% |
| 1985 | 19,500 ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 20,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 21,220 ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 22,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1991 | 18,522 ha | -15.8% |
| 1992 | 18,934 ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 18,158 ha | -4.1% |
| 1994 | 17,995 ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 17,463 ha | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 21,757 ha | +24.6% |
| 1997 | 26,693 ha | +22.7% |
| 1998 | 31,529 ha | +18.1% |
| 1999 | 35,000 ha | +11.0% |
| 2000 | 37,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 28,000 ha | -24.3% |
| 2002 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 26,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 2004 | 25,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 23,000 ha | -8.0% |
| 2007 | 19,000 ha | -17.4% |
| 2008 | 18,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 18,281 ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 14,789 ha | -19.1% |
| 2011 | 12,600 ha | -14.8% |
| 2012 | 10,883 ha | -13.6% |
| 2013 | 9,375 ha | -13.9% |
| 2014 | 9,133 ha | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 9,500 ha | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 9,700 ha | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 9,800 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 9,667 ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 9,722 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 9,314 ha | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 9,568 ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 9,535 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 9,472 ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 9,525 ha | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,255 ha | 15,782 ha | 20,234 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,493 ha | 19,250 ha | 38,040 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,828 ha | 13,550 ha | 21,220 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,805 ha | 17,463 ha | 35,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,728 ha | 18,000 ha | 37,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,517 ha | 9,133 ha | 14,789 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,483 ha | 9,314 ha | 9,568 ha | 5 |
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- 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 unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Nigeria?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Nigeria was 9,525 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 38,040 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,133 ha in 2014.
- How does Nigeria rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 26th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.