Maldives vs Nigeria: Millet yields
Maldives
0.8375 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Nigeria
0.8158 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Maldives rank
67th
Nigeria rank
69th
Millet yields over time
- Maldives
- Nigeria
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 0.8375 tonnes per hectare against 0.8158 tonnes per hectare in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0217 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Maldives ahead.
Maldives ranks 67th and Nigeria ranks 69th of 88 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 2 and Nigeria in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8701 tonnes per hectare | 0.5866 tonnes per hectare | 0.2835 tonnes per hectare | Maldives |
| 1970s | 0.8328 tonnes per hectare | 0.778 tonnes per hectare | 0.0548 tonnes per hectare | Maldives |
| 1980s | 1.01 tonnes per hectare | 1.3 tonnes per hectare | 0.2861 tonnes per hectare | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 1 tonnes per hectare | 1.03 tonnes per hectare | 0.026 tonnes per hectare | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 0.9989 tonnes per hectare | 1.3 tonnes per hectare | 0.2993 tonnes per hectare | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 0.9054 tonnes per hectare | 0.9311 tonnes per hectare | 0.0257 tonnes per hectare | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 0.826 tonnes per hectare | 0.9475 tonnes per hectare | 0.1215 tonnes per hectare | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher millet yields, Maldives or Nigeria?
- Maldives, at 0.8375 tonnes per hectare against 0.8158 tonnes per hectare in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in millet yields between Maldives and Nigeria?
- 0.0217 tonnes per hectare, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Nigeria?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Maldives and Nigeria rank globally for millet yields?
- Maldives ranks 67th and Nigeria ranks 69th of 88 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 Millet yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.