Agricultural land share — all countries

Agricultural land share — Nigeria

Agricultural land share in Nigeria in 2023 — 76.2%. Ranked 10 in the world out of 209. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 16.71 pp.

2023 76.2% +0.23 pp vs 2022
World rank 10of 209
Period maximum 76.2%2023
Period minimum 59.48%1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Nigeria, 1961–202355606570758019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 59.48%1963: 59.81%1965: 60.13%1967: 59.91%1969: 60.34%1971: 60.72%1973: 61.04%1975: 61.36%1977: 61.39%1979: 61.85%1981: 62.2%1983: 62.44%1985: 63.11%1987: 63.43%1989: 63.79%1991: 65.26%1993: 66.93%1995: 70.36%1997: 70.71%1999: 71.76%2001: 72%2003: 72.29%2005: 72.68%2007: 72.86%2009: 73.31%2011: 73.49%2013: 73.55%2015: 73.92%2017: 74.34%2019: 74.9%2021: 75.67%2023: 76.2%
Change over the period: +16.71 pp Annual average: 0.27 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Nigeria

Nigeria 76.2%
World 36.93%
Western Africa computed 49.01%
Agricultural land share — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 76.2 +0.23 pp
2022 75.97 +0.3 pp
2021 75.67 +0.25 pp
2020 75.42 +0.51 pp
2019 74.9 +0.17 pp
2018 74.74 +0.4 pp
2017 74.34 +0.18 pp
2016 74.15 +0.23 pp
2015 73.92 +0.23 pp
2014 73.69 +0.15 pp
2013 73.55 −0.21 pp
2012 73.76 +0.26 pp
2011 73.49 +0.05 pp
2010 73.44 +0.13 pp
2009 73.31 +0.38 pp
2008 72.93 +0.07 pp
2007 72.86 +0.36 pp
2006 72.5 −0.18 pp
2005 72.68 +0.26 pp
2004 72.42 +0.13 pp
2003 72.29 +0.15 pp
2002 72.14 +0.15 pp
2001 72 +0.07 pp
2000 71.93 +0.16 pp
1999 71.76 +0.16 pp
1998 71.6 +0.89 pp
1997 70.71 +0.18 pp
1996 70.53 +0.18 pp
1995 70.36 +2.37 pp
1994 67.98 +1.06 pp
1993 66.93 +0.4 pp
1992 66.53 +1.27 pp
1991 65.26 +0.79 pp
1990 64.47 +0.67 pp
1989 63.79 +0.15 pp
1988 63.64 +0.21 pp
1987 63.43 +0.09 pp
1986 63.34 +0.23 pp
1985 63.11 +0.34 pp
1984 62.77 +0.34 pp
1983 62.44 +0.12 pp
1982 62.32 +0.12 pp
1981 62.2 +0.12 pp
1980 62.08 +0.23 pp
1979 61.85 +0.34 pp
1978 61.51 +0.12 pp
1977 61.39 −0.13 pp
1976 61.53 +0.16 pp
1975 61.36 +0.16 pp
1974 61.2 +0.16 pp
1973 61.04 +0.16 pp
1972 60.88 +0.16 pp
1971 60.72 +0.16 pp
1970 60.56 +0.22 pp
1969 60.34 +0.27 pp
1968 60.07 +0.16 pp
1967 59.91 −0.28 pp
1966 60.18 +0.05 pp
1965 60.13 +0.16 pp
1964 59.97 +0.16 pp
1963 59.81 +0.16 pp
1962 59.65 +0.16 pp
1961 59.48

About the indicator

The share of agricultural land in total land area: arable land, land under permanent crops, and permanent meadows and pastures. High values often come not from crop-growing countries but from pastoral ones — vast semi-desert rangelands formally count as agricultural land.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by land area.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.