What is the difference in rice yields between Cuba and Nigeria?

0.06 tonnes per hectare, with Cuba ahead.

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

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 Rice yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cuba vs Nigeria: Rice yields

Cuba

2.06 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Nigeria

2 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Cuba rank

97th

Nigeria rank

100th

Rice yields over time

Cuba
Nigeria

How they compare

Cuba currently reports 2.06 tonnes per hectare against 2 tonnes per hectare in Nigeria, a difference of 0.06 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Cuba ahead.

Cuba ranks 97th and Nigeria ranks 100th of 124 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cuba	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.62 tonnes per hectare	1.25 tonnes per hectare	0.3785 tonnes per hectare	Cuba
1970s	2.37 tonnes per hectare	1.63 tonnes per hectare	0.7432 tonnes per hectare	Cuba
1980s	3.29 tonnes per hectare	2.07 tonnes per hectare	1.22 tonnes per hectare	Cuba
1990s	2.57 tonnes per hectare	1.74 tonnes per hectare	0.8309 tonnes per hectare	Cuba
2000s	3.07 tonnes per hectare	1.49 tonnes per hectare	1.58 tonnes per hectare	Cuba
2010s	3.31 tonnes per hectare	2.02 tonnes per hectare	1.29 tonnes per hectare	Cuba
2020s	2.74 tonnes per hectare	1.94 tonnes per hectare	0.8001 tonnes per hectare	Cuba

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rice yields, Cuba or Nigeria?: Cuba, at 2.06 tonnes per hectare against 2 tonnes per hectare in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in rice yields between Cuba and Nigeria?: 0.06 tonnes per hectare, with Cuba ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Nigeria?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Cuba and Nigeria rank globally for rice yields?: Cuba ranks 97th and Nigeria ranks 100th of 124 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 Rice yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Rice 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: 124 places, 7,162 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

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