Wheat — Area harvested in Nigeria
Nigeria: Wheat — Area harvested was 27,906 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — area harvested in Nigeria stood at 27,906 ha.
The figure is down 9.4% on the previous year and down 60.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Nigeria peaked at 128,992 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 9,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Nigeria 86th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Area harvested in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 11,000 ha | +22.2% |
| 1965 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 11,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 11,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10,500 ha | -8.7% |
| 1974 | 12,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1975 | 11,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1976 | 10,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1977 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 14,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 1984 | 16,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1985 | 55,000 ha | +243.8% |
| 1986 | 67,000 ha | +21.8% |
| 1987 | 72,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 1988 | 40,000 ha | -44.4% |
| 1989 | 50,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1990 | 60,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1991 | 50,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1992 | 30,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 1993 | 14,000 ha | -53.3% |
| 1994 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1995 | 20,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1996 | 23,000 ha | +15.0% |
| 1997 | 25,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 1998 | 49,000 ha | +96.0% |
| 1999 | 50,200 ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 52,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 52,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 55,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 56,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 58,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 60,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 63,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 26,000 ha | -58.7% |
| 2008 | 32,000 ha | +23.1% |
| 2009 | 48,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 2010 | 74,399 ha | +55.0% |
| 2011 | 128,992 ha | +73.4% |
| 2012 | 98,148 ha | -23.9% |
| 2013 | 80,000 ha | -18.5% |
| 2014 | 70,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 2015 | 60,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 2016 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 49,322 ha | -17.8% |
| 2018 | 51,548 ha | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 51,646 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 50,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 11,820 ha | -76.4% |
| 2022 | 14,374 ha | +21.6% |
| 2023 | 30,801 ha | +114.3% |
| 2024 | 27,906 ha | -9.4% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 27,906 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 55,000 ha, 51% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 27,906 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,910 ha, 2.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +243.8% | 16,000 ha | 55,000 ha |
| 2023 | +114.3% | 14,374 ha | 30,801 ha |
| 1998 | +96.0% | 25,000 ha | 49,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,333 ha | 9,000 ha | 11,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,750 ha | 10,000 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 34,400 ha | 10,000 ha | 72,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,620 ha | 14,000 ha | 60,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 50,200 ha | 26,000 ha | 63,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 72,406 ha | 49,322 ha | 128,992 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,980 ha | 11,820 ha | 50,000 ha | 5 |
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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 wheat — area harvested in Nigeria?
- Wheat — area harvested in Nigeria was 27,906 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 128,992 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 86th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.1%. 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 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.