Niger vs Somalia: Change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production
Niger
0.5774 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Somalia
0.3621 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Niger rank
183rd
Somalia rank
184th
Change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production over time
- Niger
- Somalia
How they compare
Niger currently reports 0.5774 tonnes per hectare against 0.3621 tonnes per hectare in Somalia, a difference of 0.2153 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.6 times Somalia's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Niger ahead.
Niger ranks 183rd and Somalia ranks 184th of 186 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 tonnes per hectare | 0.4725 tonnes per hectare | 0.0425 tonnes per hectare | Niger |
| 1970s | 0.4042 tonnes per hectare | 0.4611 tonnes per hectare | 0.0569 tonnes per hectare | Somalia |
| 1980s | 0.3931 tonnes per hectare | 0.6665 tonnes per hectare | 0.2735 tonnes per hectare | Somalia |
| 1990s | 0.3207 tonnes per hectare | 0.5038 tonnes per hectare | 0.183 tonnes per hectare | Somalia |
| 2000s | 0.4071 tonnes per hectare | 0.6309 tonnes per hectare | 0.2238 tonnes per hectare | Somalia |
| 2010s | 0.4918 tonnes per hectare | 0.6611 tonnes per hectare | 0.1692 tonnes per hectare | Somalia |
| 2020s | 0.5077 tonnes per hectare | 0.4108 tonnes per hectare | 0.0969 tonnes per hectare | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production, Niger or Somalia?
- Niger, at 0.5774 tonnes per hectare against 0.3621 tonnes per hectare in Somalia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production between Niger and Somalia?
- 0.2153 tonnes per hectare, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Somalia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Niger and Somalia rank globally for change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production?
- Niger ranks 183rd and Somalia ranks 184th of 186 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes per hectare.