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Arable land share — Nigeria

Arable land share in Nigeria in 2023 — 40.48%. Ranked 13 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 14.49 pp.

2023 40.48% +0 pp vs 2022
World rank 13of 206
Period maximum 40.48%2009
Period minimum 26%1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Arable land share — Nigeria, 1961–2023253035404519611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 26%1963: 26.32%1965: 26.64%1967: 26.97%1969: 27.29%1971: 27.61%1973: 27.94%1975: 28.26%1977: 28.58%1979: 28.91%1981: 29.23%1983: 29.56%1985: 29.88%1987: 30.17%1989: 30.62%1991: 31.84%1993: 33.05%1995: 36.12%1997: 36.45%1999: 38.43%2001: 39.14%2003: 39.22%2005: 39.29%2007: 39.36%2009: 40.48%2011: 39.5%2013: 39.56%2015: 39.63%2017: 39.7%2019: 40.48%2021: 40.48%2023: 40.48%
Change over the period: +14.49 pp Annual average: 0.23 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Nigeria 40.48%
World 10.67%
Sub-Saharan Africa 10.03%
Western Africa computed 16.46%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 18.63%
Arable land share — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 40.48 +0 pp
2022 40.48 +0 pp
2021 40.48 +0 pp
2020 40.48 +0 pp
2019 40.48 +0.5 pp
2018 39.99 +0.29 pp
2017 39.7 +0.03 pp
2016 39.67 +0.04 pp
2015 39.63 +0.03 pp
2014 39.6 +0.04 pp
2013 39.56 +0.03 pp
2012 39.53 +0.04 pp
2011 39.5 +0.03 pp
2010 39.46 −1.02 pp
2009 40.48 +1.09 pp
2008 39.39 +0.04 pp
2007 39.36 +0.03 pp
2006 39.32 +0.04 pp
2005 39.29 +0.03 pp
2004 39.25 +0.04 pp
2003 39.22 +0.03 pp
2002 39.18 +0.04 pp
2001 39.14 +0.71 pp
2000 38.43 +0 pp
1999 38.43 +1.1 pp
1998 37.33 +0.88 pp
1997 36.45 +0.11 pp
1996 36.34 +0.22 pp
1995 36.12 +2.09 pp
1994 34.04 +0.99 pp
1993 33.05 +0 pp
1992 33.05 +1.21 pp
1991 31.84 +1.02 pp
1990 30.82 +0.2 pp
1989 30.62 +0.19 pp
1988 30.43 +0.25 pp
1987 30.17 +0.13 pp
1986 30.04 +0.16 pp
1985 29.88 +0.16 pp
1984 29.72 +0.16 pp
1983 29.56 +0.16 pp
1982 29.39 +0.16 pp
1981 29.23 +0.16 pp
1980 29.07 +0.16 pp
1979 28.91 +0.16 pp
1978 28.75 +0.16 pp
1977 28.58 +0.16 pp
1976 28.42 +0.16 pp
1975 28.26 +0.16 pp
1974 28.1 +0.16 pp
1973 27.94 +0.16 pp
1972 27.78 +0.16 pp
1971 27.61 +0.16 pp
1970 27.45 +0.16 pp
1969 27.29 +0.16 pp
1968 27.13 +0.16 pp
1967 26.97 +0.16 pp
1966 26.8 +0.16 pp
1965 26.64 +0.16 pp
1964 26.48 +0.16 pp
1963 26.32 +0.16 pp
1962 26.16 +0.16 pp
1961 26 —

Western Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

TG Togo 48.72 GM Gambia 43.48 NG Nigeria 40.48 BJ Benin 31.45 BF Burkina Faso 28.9 GN Guinea 24.42 SL Sierra Leone 21.95 GH Ghana 20.7 SN Senegal 19.89 CI Côte d'Ivoire 15.1 GW Guinea-Bissau 14.07 NE Niger 13.97 CV Cabo Verde 12.41 ML Mali 6.84 LR Liberia 5.19 MR Mauritania 0.44
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of arable land in land area: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for less than five years. It excludes permanent crops and permanent pasture, so the indicator reflects more precisely the resource available for growing grain and other field crops.

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

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

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