Arable land (% of land area)
40.8% Nigeria, 2024
Unchanged from 2023.
Official statisticYearly
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · AG.LND.ARBL.ZS · version 3, published 2 Nov 2026 · CC-BY-4.0
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How we know
- Definition
- 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.
- Type of figure
- Official statistic. Published by a national authority, such as the statistics office or the central bank, and compiled by the source shown.
- Updated
- Yearly
- Compiled from
- FAO electronic files and website, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Source
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (AG.LND.ARBL.ZS)
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- Version
- Dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026
- Cite this
- World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Retrieved via DataNigeria (dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026). Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
All years
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 40.8% |
| 2023 | 40.8% |
| 2022 | 40.1% |
| 2021 | 39.5% |
| 2020 | 39.6% |
| 2019 | 40.5% |
| 2018 | 42.3% |
| 2017 | 42.5% |
| 2016 | 41.4% |
| 2015 | 40.4% |
| 2014 | 39.5% |
| 2013 | 38.7% |
| 2012 | 39.0% |
| 2011 | 39.4% |
| 2010 | 40.0% |
| 2009 | 40.2% |
| 2008 | 39.8% |
| 2007 | 39.2% |
| 2006 | 39.4% |
| 2005 | 39.8% |
| 2004 | 40.3% |
| 2003 | 39.2% |
| 2002 | 39.2% |
| 2001 | 39.1% |
| 2000 | 38.4% |
| 1999 | 38.4% |
| 1998 | 37.3% |
| 1997 | 36.5% |
| 1996 | 36.3% |
| 1995 | 36.1% |
| 1994 | 34.0% |
| 1993 | 33.0% |
| 1992 | 33.0% |
| 1991 | 31.8% |
| 1990 | 30.8% |
| 1989 | 30.6% |
| 1988 | 30.4% |
| 1987 | 30.2% |
| 1986 | 30.0% |
| 1985 | 29.9% |
| 1984 | 29.7% |
| 1983 | 29.6% |
| 1982 | 29.4% |
| 1981 | 29.2% |
| 1980 | 29.1% |
| 1979 | 28.9% |
| 1978 | 28.7% |
| 1977 | 28.6% |
| 1976 | 28.4% |
| 1975 | 28.3% |
| 1974 | 28.1% |
| 1973 | 27.9% |
| 1972 | 27.8% |
| 1971 | 27.6% |
| 1970 | 27.5% |
| 1969 | 27.3% |
| 1968 | 27.1% |
| 1967 | 27.0% |
| 1966 | 26.8% |
| 1965 | 26.6% |
| 1964 | 26.5% |
| 1963 | 26.3% |
| 1962 | 26.2% |
| 1961 | 26.0% |