Nigeria - Land under cereal production

Land under cereal production (hectares)

The value for Land under cereal production (hectares) in Nigeria was 17,373,540 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19,410,000 in 2007 and a minimum value of 4,864,500 in 1981.

Definition: Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 10,621,000
1962 10,634,000
1963 10,741,000
1964 11,291,000
1965 12,245,000
1966 10,102,000
1967 10,635,000
1968 11,039,000
1969 14,400,000
1970 12,424,000
1971 11,736,500
1972 8,869,500
1973 12,504,500
1974 10,325,000
1975 8,632,000
1976 9,874,000
1977 7,460,000
1978 6,554,000
1979 6,113,000
1980 7,165,000
1981 4,864,500
1982 5,186,000
1983 5,785,000
1984 8,294,000
1985 9,527,000
1986 12,675,000
1987 13,231,000
1988 12,685,000
1989 14,372,700
1990 15,400,000
1991 17,014,000
1992 16,836,000
1993 17,423,700
1994 17,993,000
1995 18,598,000
1996 17,752,600
1997 18,476,000
1998 18,339,000
1999 18,079,200
2000 18,242,000
2001 16,286,000
2002 17,027,000
2003 17,371,000
2004 17,716,000
2005 18,310,000
2006 19,147,000
2007 19,410,000
2008 18,899,000
2009 13,890,000
2010 16,132,380
2011 15,512,440
2012 15,316,190
2013 15,888,770
2014 16,887,400
2015 17,614,470
2016 19,099,250
2017 18,182,630
2018 17,373,540

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production