FAOSTAT · 2024

Agricultural production in Niger

According to FAOSTAT, Niger produced 6.0 million t of cereals, 5.7 million t of vegetables, 1.2 million t of fruit, 193,878 t of meat and 1.7 million t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were millet (3.8 million t), dry cow peas (2.8 million t) and dry onions (2.4 million t).

Products recorded: 86
World #1: 0; products
World top 10: 12; products
Year: 2024

Niger ranks second or third in the world for millet, dry cow peas, dry bambara beans and donkey meat.

Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in watermelons (+916%), followed by pumpkins and squash (+870%).

Livestock numbers: 20.4 million cattle, 42,943 pigs, 15.7 million sheep and 22.0 million goats.

Totals by group

Group	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
All cereals	5,965,899	48	0.19%	+21%
All vegetables	5,691,439	23	0.48%	+206%
All pulses	2,853,454	10	2.94%	+72%
All roots and tubers	1,768,399	63	0.19%	+501%
All milk	1,722,093	64	0.17%	+71%
All fruit	1,244,955	80	0.13%	+127%
All sugar crops	476,922	89	0.02%	+110%
All meat	193,878	106	0.05%	+24%
All eggs	10,724	114	0.01%	+42%

All products by volume, 2024

Product	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
Millet	3,836,015	2	12.43%	+16%
Cow peas, dry	2,767,637	2	27.4%	+74%
Onions, dry	2,373,171	7	2.19%	+203%
Sorghum	1,907,733	11	2.97%	+34%
Cassava	1,124,742	35	0.33%	+745%
Cow milk	979,188	71	0.12%	+95%
Tomatoes	721,342	33	0.38%	+219%
Groundnuts (peanuts)	676,651	13	1.18%	+68%
Lettuce and chicory	667,661	6	2.37%	+640%
Watermelons	646,397	22	0.62%	+916%
Cabbages	624,373	17	0.83%	+185%
Pumpkins and squash	517,704	12	1.5%	+871%
Sugar cane	476,922	61	0.02%	+110%
Goat milk	449,182	10	2.2%	+59%
Skim milk of cows	416,735	49	0.29%	+68%
Other fruits, n.e.c.	332,397	19	0.85%	+11%
Potatoes	328,900	83	0.08%	+312%
Sweet potatoes	314,757	27	0.35%	+287%
Chillies and peppers, green	304,184	15	0.68%	+31%
Okra	200,458	8	1.51%	+515%
Sheep milk	182,552	15	1.86%	+47%
Mangoes and guavas	166,303	31	0.27%	+10%
Rice (paddy)	164,768	69	0.02%	+59%
Sesame seed	141,025	15	2.11%	+156%
Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.	126,943	72	0.05%	−7.8%
Camel milk	111,170	7	2.65%	+13%
Melons	82,529	27	0.29%	+307%
Beef (cattle meat)	65,289	85	0.09%	+20%
Chillies and peppers, dry	60,066	14	1.1%	+280%
Raw sugar	59,676	87	0.03%	+198%
Carrots and turnips	52,231	63	0.12%	+88%
Bambara beans, dry	50,571	2	21.25%	+56%
Maize	44,298	115	0%	−22%
Other oil seeds, n.e.c.	43,687	12	1.8%	+25%
Cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed	43,063	4	9.43%	+50%
Groundnut oil	39,800	17	0.62%	+37%
Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed	35,196	6	6.76%	+39%
Eggplants	33,415	42	0.06%	+443%
Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen	32,965	16	1.61%	+16%
Other beans, green	31,521	25	0.12%	+0.4%
Goat meat	28,947	29	0.37%	+74%
Green garlic	23,614	34	0.08%	+779%
Butter of cow milk	21,933	41	0.37%	+68%
Chicken meat	20,460	126	0.02%	+17%
Beans, dry	18,708	60	0.06%	+6.2%
Sheep meat	18,542	61	0.16%	+12%
Molasses	17,903	88	0.02%	+224%
Dates	17,329	23	0.17%	+14%
Other pulses n.e.c.	15,159	46	0.34%	+11%
Donkey meat	13,375	2	17.89%	+46%
Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen	12,739	62	0.13%	+20%
Camel meat	12,002	13	1.82%	+12%
Raw hides and skins of cattle	11,465	63	0.13%	+20%
Hen eggs	10,724	114	0.01%	+42%
Beer	10,000	149	0.01%	+67%
Wheat	6,803	101	0%	+278%
Broad beans and horse beans, green	6,696	31	0.46%	−1.0%
Seed cotton	5,806	55	0.01%	+2.9%
Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c.	5,178	19	0.16%	+0.6%
Fonio	4,896	7	0.71%	+32%
Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen	4,805	33	0.33%	+74%
Raw hides and skins of goats or kids	4,805	31	0.32%	+74%
Leeks	4,564	27	0.21%	−1.4%
Pepper (black, white)	3,899	17	0.42%	+253%
Buttermilk, dry	3,519	35	0.54%	—
Cotton seed	3,480	57	0.01%	−1.8%
Cucumbers	3,413	101	0%	−25%
Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen	2,562	59	0.13%	+12%
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs	2,326	61	0.11%	+12%
Cotton lint	1,950	55	0.01%	+22%
Cattle fat, unrendered	1,911	71	0.06%	+20%
Edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen	1,722	13	1.82%	+12%
Pork (pig meat)	1,496	134	0%	+0.1%
Cereals n.e.c.	1,385	49	0.02%	−11%
Peas, dry	1,137	75	0.01%	+10%
Tobacco, unmanufactured	1,083	84	0.02%	+111%
Horse meat, fresh or chilled	803	31	0.11%	−7.0%
Goat fat, unrendered	753	31	0.24%	+74%
Fat of camels	678	13	2.3%	+12%
Cottonseed oil	388	60	0.01%	−45%
Sheep fat, unrendered	337	67	0.05%	+12%
Chick peas, dry	242	40	0%	+9.0%
Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen	150	98	0%	+0.7%
Fat of pigs	150	102	0%	+0.7%
Peas, green	148	77	0%	+1,246%
Edible offals of horses and other equines, fresh, chilled or frozen	68	29	0.07%	−6.8%

Live animals, 2024

Product	Head	World rank	Share	10-year change
Goats	22,031,302	13	1.86%	+48%
Chickens	21,024,000	89	0.08%	+17%
Cattle	20,375,030	17	1.29%	+79%
Sheep	15,669,056	25	1.15%	+41%
Asses	2,110,632	6	3.91%	+22%
Camels	1,957,356	6	4.41%	+14%
Horses	268,765	32	0.48%	+11%
Pigs	42,943	123	0%	+1.0%

Niger among the world’s producers, 2024

Share of world production by country for the largest crops of Niger, which is outlined on the map.

Product

under 0.1%0.1–1%1–5%5–15%15% or moreno data
Small island states are not drawn at this scale.

Production per person, 2024

Niger had 27.0 million inhabitants in 2024 (FAOSTAT estimate). Production of its largest products per inhabitant, compared with the world average:

Product	kg per person	World, kg per person	Ratio
Millet	142	3.78	37.5×
Cow peas, dry	102	1.24	82.7×
Onions, dry	87.8	13.3	6.6×
Sorghum	70.6	7.87	9.0×
Cassava	41.6	41.9	1.0×
Cow milk	36.2	97.7	0.4×
Tomatoes	26.7	23.1	1.2×
Groundnuts (peanuts)	25.0	7.05	3.5×
Lettuce and chicory	24.7	3.46	7.1×
Watermelons	23.9	12.9	1.9×
Cabbages	23.1	9.25	2.5×
Pumpkins and squash	19.2	4.24	4.5×

Production divided by population; it is not consumption, because crops are traded and used for feed, processing and industry.

Trade in agricultural products, 2024

Niger reported exports of 29 and imports of 104 of the products covered here.

Largest exports by value

Product	Tonnes	Value	USD/kg	World rank
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated)	67,522	USD 10.8 m	0.16	24 of 117
Beans, dry	26,483	USD 4.9 m	0.19	22 of 139
Palm oil	1,231	USD 3.7 m	2.97	65 of 118
Dates	24,621	USD 2.9 m	0.12	10 of 98
Cow peas, dry	3,332	USD 830,000	0.25	8 of 56
Sesame seed	4,140	USD 590,000	0.14	31 of 124
Groundnuts, excluding shelled	1,935	USD 406,000	0.21	20 of 95
Other oil seeds, n.e.c.	1,564	USD 339,000	0.22	36 of 115
Tea leaves	1,229	USD 239,000	0.19	47 of 143
Other pulses n.e.c.	998	USD 221,000	0.22	23 of 94

Largest imports by value

Product	Tonnes	Value	USD/kg	World rank
Palm oil	118,550	USD 56.3 m	0.47	51 of 191
Tea leaves	12,451	USD 12.3 m	0.99	36 of 191
Dates	100,076	USD 8.9 m	0.09	4 of 178
Maize (corn)	92,094	USD 8.2 m	0.09	90 of 190
Whole milk powder	1,305	USD 7.0 m	5.40	91 of 190
Broad beans and horse beans, dry	1,627	USD 2.1 m	1.27	44 of 122
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled	1,639	USD 2.1 m	1.26	152 of 189
Potatoes	4,945	USD 1.2 m	0.24	114 of 183
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only)	2,517	USD 1.1 m	0.45	106 of 183
Skim milk and whey powder	526	USD 1.1 m	2.00	122 of 192

FAOSTAT detailed trade data, release of 23 July 2026: quantities in tonnes and values in current US dollars as reported; exports include re-exports. Only the FAO trade items that match Husfarm production pages are included: meat covers fresh or chilled meat only (frozen meat is a separate item), and processed goods such as milled rice or flour are not listed.

Questions and answers

What are the main crops produced in Niger?

By volume, the largest products of Niger in 2024 were millet (3.8 million t), cow peas, dry (2.8 million t), onions, dry (2.4 million t), according to FAOSTAT.

Is Niger the world’s largest producer of anything?

Not in 2024. Its highest world rank was 2nd, for millet.

How much millet does Niger produce per person?

About 142 kg per inhabitant in 2024, compared with a world average of 3.78 kg (production divided by population, FAOSTAT).

What does Niger export most?

By value, its largest agricultural exports in 2024 among the products covered here were onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) (USD 10.8 m), beans, dry (USD 4.9 m), palm oil (USD 3.7 m), according to FAOSTAT.

What does Niger import most?

By value, its largest agricultural imports in 2024 among the products covered here were palm oil (USD 56.3 m), tea leaves (USD 12.3 m), dates (USD 8.9 m).

Where does this data come from?

Production, trade and population figures are from FAOSTAT, the statistics database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rankings, shares and per-person figures are calculated by Husfarm.

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.