What is the difference in cereal yield vs. gdp per capita between Niger and Somalia?

0.0739 kg per hectare, with Niger ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Somalia?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Cereal yield vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Niger vs Somalia: Cereal yield vs. GDP per capita

Niger

0.5774 kg per hectare

in 2024

Somalia

0.5035 kg per hectare

in 2023

Niger rank

178th

Somalia rank

179th

Cereal yield vs. GDP per capita over time

Niger
Somalia

How they compare

Niger currently reports 0.5774 kg per hectare against 0.5035 kg per hectare in Somalia, a difference of 0.0739 kg per hectare.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Somalia's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Niger ahead.

Niger ranks 178th and Somalia ranks 179th of 180 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Niger averaged higher in 2 and Somalia in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Niger	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.515 kg per hectare	0.4725 kg per hectare	0.0425 kg per hectare	Niger
1970s	0.4042 kg per hectare	0.4611 kg per hectare	0.0569 kg per hectare	Somalia
1980s	0.3931 kg per hectare	0.6665 kg per hectare	0.2735 kg per hectare	Somalia
1990s	0.3207 kg per hectare	0.5038 kg per hectare	0.183 kg per hectare	Somalia
2000s	0.4071 kg per hectare	0.6309 kg per hectare	0.2238 kg per hectare	Somalia
2010s	0.4918 kg per hectare	0.6611 kg per hectare	0.1692 kg per hectare	Somalia
2020s	0.4902 kg per hectare	0.4292 kg per hectare	0.061 kg per hectare	Niger

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereal yield vs. gdp per capita, Niger or Somalia?: Niger, at 0.5774 kg per hectare against 0.5035 kg per hectare in Somalia as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereal yield vs. gdp per capita between Niger and Somalia?: 0.0739 kg per hectare, with Niger ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Somalia?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Niger and Somalia rank globally for cereal yield vs. gdp per capita?: Niger ranks 178th and Somalia ranks 179th of 180 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Cereal yield vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Cereal yield vs. GDP per capita
Unit: kg per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 180 places, 10,279 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 09 October 2026

Average cereal yield, measured in tonnes per hectare versus gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. GDP per capita is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.