Niger vs USSR: Millet yields
Niger
0.5637 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
USSR
0.533 tonnes per hectare
in 1991
Niger rank
77th
USSR rank
79th
Millet yields over time
- Niger
- USSR
How they compare
Niger currently reports 0.5637 tonnes per hectare against 0.533 tonnes per hectare in USSR, a difference of 0.0307 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times USSR's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1961 it was USSR ahead.
Niger ranks 77th and USSR ranks 79th of 89 countries.
USSR has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Niger | USSR | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4878 tonnes per hectare | 0.7333 tonnes per hectare | 0.2456 tonnes per hectare | USSR |
| 1970s | 0.3913 tonnes per hectare | 0.7714 tonnes per hectare | 0.3801 tonnes per hectare | USSR |
| 1980s | 0.4059 tonnes per hectare | 0.9162 tonnes per hectare | 0.5102 tonnes per hectare | USSR |
| 1990s | 0.3987 tonnes per hectare | 0.8202 tonnes per hectare | 0.4215 tonnes per hectare | USSR |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher millet yields, Niger or USSR?
- Niger, at 0.5637 tonnes per hectare against 0.533 tonnes per hectare in USSR as of 2024.
- What is the difference in millet yields between Niger and USSR?
- 0.0307 tonnes per hectare, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and USSR?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
- How do Niger and USSR rank globally for millet yields?
- Niger ranks 77th and USSR ranks 79th of 89 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.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.