What is the difference in millet yields between Nigeria and Rwanda?

0.0083 tonnes per hectare, with Rwanda ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Rwanda?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

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.

Nigeria vs Rwanda: Millet yields

Nigeria

0.8158 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Rwanda

0.8241 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Nigeria rank

69th

Rwanda rank

68th

Millet yields over time

Nigeria
Rwanda

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 0.8241 tonnes per hectare against 0.8158 tonnes per hectare in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0083 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Rwanda ahead.

Nigeria ranks 69th and Rwanda ranks 68th of 89 countries.

Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nigeria	Rwanda	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.5866 tonnes per hectare	0.585 tonnes per hectare	0.0015 tonnes per hectare	Nigeria
1970s	0.778 tonnes per hectare	0.622 tonnes per hectare	0.156 tonnes per hectare	Nigeria
1980s	1.3 tonnes per hectare	0.5473 tonnes per hectare	0.7519 tonnes per hectare	Nigeria
1990s	1.03 tonnes per hectare	0.4939 tonnes per hectare	0.532 tonnes per hectare	Nigeria
2000s	1.43 tonnes per hectare	0.8787 tonnes per hectare	0.5533 tonnes per hectare	Nigeria
2010s	0.9311 tonnes per hectare	0.6804 tonnes per hectare	0.2507 tonnes per hectare	Nigeria
2020s	0.9475 tonnes per hectare	0.7284 tonnes per hectare	0.2191 tonnes per hectare	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher millet yields, Nigeria or Rwanda?: Rwanda, at 0.8241 tonnes per hectare against 0.8158 tonnes per hectare in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in millet yields between Nigeria and Rwanda?: 0.0083 tonnes per hectare, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Rwanda?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Nigeria and Rwanda rank globally for millet yields?: Nigeria ranks 69th and Rwanda ranks 68th 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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Indicator: Millet yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 89 places, 4,540 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.