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Nigeria: Arable land (% of land area)

40.83percent · 2024+3.4% since 2014

Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1961 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202440.827
202340.827
202240.109
202139.541
202039.628
201940.495
201842.349
201742.461
201641.376
201540.374
201439.475
201338.719
201238.95
201139.385
201039.985
200940.213
200839.783
200739.196
200639.397
200539.825
200440.326
200339.218
200239.184
200139.144
200038.429
199938.429
199837.331
199736.453
199636.343
199536.123
199434.037
199333.049
199233.049
199131.841
199030.824
198930.62
198830.427
198730.174
198630.041
198529.879
198429.717
198329.555
198229.394
198129.231
198029.07
197928.907
197828.746
197728.585
197628.422
197528.261
197428.099
197327.937
197227.775
197127.614
197027.451
196927.29
196827.129
196726.966
196626.805
196526.642
196426.481
196326.319
196226.157
196125.996

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Arable land (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-arable-land-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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