Nigeria vs USSR: Wheat — Yield
Wheat — Yield over time
- Nigeria
- USSR
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 1,574 kg/ha against 1,569 kg/ha in USSR, a difference of 5 kg/ha.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Nigeria ranks 107th and USSR ranks 108th of 133 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 3 and USSR in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | USSR | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,815 kg/ha | 1,047 kg/ha | 767.64 kg/ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 1,777 kg/ha | 1,443 kg/ha | 333.61 kg/ha | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 1,955 kg/ha | 1,527 kg/ha | 427.6 kg/ha | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 1,017 kg/ha | 1,842 kg/ha | 825.4 kg/ha | USSR |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — yield, Nigeria or USSR?
- Nigeria, at 1,574 kg/ha against 1,569 kg/ha in USSR as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — yield between Nigeria and USSR?
- 5 kg/ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and USSR?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
- How do Nigeria and USSR rank globally for wheat — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 107th and USSR ranks 108th of 133 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Wheat — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.