What is the difference in wheat yields between Chad and Nigeria?

0.06 tonnes per hectare, with Chad ahead.

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

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

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Wheat yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Chad vs Nigeria: Wheat yields

Chad

1.63 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Nigeria

1.57 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Chad rank

101st

Nigeria rank

102nd

Wheat yields over time

Chad
Nigeria

How they compare

Chad currently reports 1.63 tonnes per hectare against 1.57 tonnes per hectare in Nigeria, a difference of 0.06 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 17 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.

Chad ranks 101st and Nigeria ranks 102nd of 126 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 4 and Nigeria in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chad	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.53 tonnes per hectare	1.81 tonnes per hectare	0.2835 tonnes per hectare	Nigeria
1970s	2.13 tonnes per hectare	1.78 tonnes per hectare	0.3496 tonnes per hectare	Chad
1980s	1.25 tonnes per hectare	1.95 tonnes per hectare	0.7041 tonnes per hectare	Nigeria
1990s	1.91 tonnes per hectare	1.89 tonnes per hectare	0.0157 tonnes per hectare	Chad
2000s	1.62 tonnes per hectare	1.29 tonnes per hectare	0.3214 tonnes per hectare	Chad
2010s	1.89 tonnes per hectare	1.32 tonnes per hectare	0.5759 tonnes per hectare	Chad
2020s	1.83 tonnes per hectare	1.91 tonnes per hectare	0.0827 tonnes per hectare	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wheat yields, Chad or Nigeria?: Chad, at 1.63 tonnes per hectare against 1.57 tonnes per hectare in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in wheat yields between Chad and Nigeria?: 0.06 tonnes per hectare, with Chad ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Nigeria?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Chad and Nigeria rank globally for wheat yields?: Chad ranks 101st and Nigeria ranks 102nd of 126 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Wheat yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Wheat yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 126 places, 6,961 data points, 1275–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Harvested production per unit of harvested area for wheat.