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Africa > Nigeria > Agriculture

NIGERIAN AGRICULTURE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural growth 137 [19th of 149]
Agricultural land > % of land area 79.71 % of land area Time series [7th of 198]
Agricultural land > sq. km 726,000 sq. km Time series [13th of 198]
Agricultural machinery > tractors 30,000 Time series [67th of 190]
Arable and permanent cropland 30,850 thousand hectares [11th of 148]
Arable land > % of land area 33.49 % of land area Time series [18th of 199]
Arable land > hectares 30,500,000 hectares Time series [9th of 199]
Area > Rice 1,800,000 [13th of 23]
Cereal production 137 thousand metric tons [19th of 149]
Cereal yield > kg per hectare 1,056.6 kg/ha Time series [143rd of 171]
Cotton exports 100 thousand bales [25th of 109]
Cotton production 450 [21st of 109]
Fertilizer use 6.1 kg [116th of 138]
Food production index 106.2 % Time series [87th of 182]
Grains > Corn production 5,300 thousand metric tons [16th of 17]
Labor share 32.4% [69th of 149]
Meat production 1,187 thousand metric tons [32nd of 149]
Products
cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, corn, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava, yams, rubber; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs; timber; fish
Tractors 30,000 [62nd of 147]
value added > annual % growth 8.2 % Time series [10th of 164]

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SOURCES: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001; World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division, FAS, USDA; United States Department of Agriculture; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Nigeria, Federal Republic of Nigeria

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