Wheat — Area harvested in Niger
Niger: Wheat — Area harvested was 2,216 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — area harvested in Niger stood at 2,216 ha.
The figure is up 9.8% on the previous year and up 209.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Niger peaked at 6,000 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 217 ha, in 1969.
That places Niger 106th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Area harvested in Niger, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 815 ha | — |
| 1962 | 938 ha | +15.1% |
| 1963 | 640 ha | -31.8% |
| 1964 | 795 ha | +24.2% |
| 1965 | 592 ha | -25.5% |
| 1966 | 556 ha | -6.1% |
| 1967 | 300 ha | -46.0% |
| 1968 | 600 ha | +100.0% |
| 1969 | 217 ha | -63.8% |
| 1970 | 430 ha | +98.2% |
| 1971 | 320 ha | -25.6% |
| 1972 | 288 ha | -10.0% |
| 1973 | 825 ha | +186.5% |
| 1974 | 1,620 ha | +96.4% |
| 1975 | 1,400 ha | -13.6% |
| 1976 | 900 ha | -35.7% |
| 1977 | 1,200 ha | +33.3% |
| 1978 | 895 ha | -25.4% |
| 1979 | 900 ha | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1981 | 1,700 ha | +70.0% |
| 1982 | 2,100 ha | +23.5% |
| 1983 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 4,360 ha | +107.6% |
| 1985 | 3,485 ha | -20.1% |
| 1986 | 4,040 ha | +15.9% |
| 1987 | 4,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 2,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1989 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 4,500 ha | +114.3% |
| 1991 | 4,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1992 | 3,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1993 | 2,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1994 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1995 | 900 ha | -64.0% |
| 1996 | 800 ha | -11.1% |
| 1997 | 300 ha | -62.5% |
| 1998 | 5,669 ha | +1789.7% |
| 1999 | 6,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 2000 | 5,460 ha | -9.0% |
| 2001 | 3,354 ha | -38.6% |
| 2002 | 3,300 ha | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 2,047 ha | -38.0% |
| 2004 | 3,630 ha | +77.3% |
| 2005 | 5,160 ha | +42.1% |
| 2006 | 5,200 ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 4,700 ha | -9.6% |
| 2008 | 4,808 ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 3,267 ha | -32.1% |
| 2010 | 2,594 ha | -20.6% |
| 2011 | 653 ha | -74.8% |
| 2012 | 1,883 ha | +188.4% |
| 2013 | 1,883 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 717 ha | -61.9% |
| 2015 | 3,915 ha | +446.0% |
| 2016 | 4,100 ha | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 2,180 ha | -46.8% |
| 2018 | 1,623 ha | -25.6% |
| 2019 | 1,734 ha | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 1,909 ha | +10.1% |
| 2021 | 1,910 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,968 ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 2,018 ha | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 2,216 ha | +9.8% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 2,216 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 13,755 ha, 16% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Niger's 2,216 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,910 ha, 17% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +1789.7% | 300 ha | 5,669 ha |
| 2015 | +446.0% | 717 ha | 3,915 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 605.89 ha | 217 ha | 938 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 877.8 ha | 288 ha | 1,620 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,688 ha | 1,000 ha | 4,360 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,967 ha | 300 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,093 ha | 2,047 ha | 5,460 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,128 ha | 653 ha | 4,100 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,004 ha | 1,909 ha | 2,216 ha | 5 |
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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 wheat — area harvested in Niger?
- Wheat — area harvested in Niger was 2,216 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 6,000 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 217 ha in 1969.
- How does Niger rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Niger ranks 106th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 209.1%. 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 Wheat — 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.