Agriculture & Rural in Nigeria

31 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Nigeria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% 2024 down 18.5% 142nd
Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% 2024 down 10.1% 146th
Rural population 36.2% 2025 down 18.2% 104th
Rural population growth -0.1% 2025 down 116.8% 121st
Rural population 86.04 million 2025 up 1.9% 7th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.0% 2025 up 11.4% 30th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 66.82 billion current US$ 2025 down 34.3% 10th
Land under cereal production 18.28 million hectares 2024 up 7.7% 7th
Cereal yield 1,558 kg per hectare 2024 up 0.2% 142nd
Cereal production 28.47 million metric tons 2024 up 7.9% 22nd
Fertilizer consumption 4.24 kilograms per hectare of arable land 2023 down 50.2% 179th
Land area 910,770 sq. km 2023 unchanged 30th
Agricultural land 693,982 sq. km 2023 up 3.6% 14th
Agricultural land 76.2% 2023 up 3.6% 10th
Arable land 36.87 million hectares 2023 up 2.3% 8th
Permanent cropland 8.1% 2023 up 21.7% 38th
Arable land 40.5% 2023 up 2.3% 13th
Arable land 0.1618 hectares per person 2023 down 18.7% 77th
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) 23.6% 2025 down 24.3% 71st
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) 42.7% 2025 down 10.9% 34th
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) 33.5% 2025 down 16.3% 52nd
Average precipitation in depth 1,150 mm per year 2022 unchanged 81st
Crop production index 120.89 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 39.2% 46th
Food production index 119.85 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 37.8% 46th
Livestock production index 112.91 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 25.1% 75th
Forest area 23.2% 2023 down 7.2% 124th
Forest area 211,370 sq. km 2023 down 7.2% 29th
Fertilizer consumption 12.5% 2023 down 95.6% 95th
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture 44.2% 2022 unchanged 110th
Surface area 923,770 sq. km 2023 unchanged 31st
Access to electricity, rural 23.5% 2024 down 13.3% 199th