Bananas — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Bananas — Yield was 14,748 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Yield in Nigeria, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — yield in Nigeria is 14,748 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.7% on the previous year and up 124.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Nigeria peaked at 14,748 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,900 kg/ha, in 2001.
Nigeria ranks 66th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 7,522 kg/ha | — |
| 1992 | 7,537 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 7,056 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1994 | 6,768 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 6,528 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 6,590 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 6,708 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 6,728 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 4,940 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 2000 | 5,101 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 4,900 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 4,993 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 5,202 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 5,502 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 5,796 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 6,094 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 6,310 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 5,903 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2009 | 6,000 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 5,956 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 6,206 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 6,303 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 6,432 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 6,578 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 7,641 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2016 | 8,192 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 8,815 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 9,623 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2019 | 10,650 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2020 | 11,729 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2021 | 14,069 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 2022 | 12,899 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2023 | 13,950 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2024 | 14,748 kg/ha | +5.7% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 14,748 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15,555 kg/ha, 95% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 14,748 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,536 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,709 kg/ha | 4,940 kg/ha | 7,537 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 5,580 kg/ha | 4,900 kg/ha | 6,310 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,639 kg/ha | 5,956 kg/ha | 10,650 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,479 kg/ha | 11,729 kg/ha | 14,748 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2298 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 281.32 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1218 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3622 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in Nigeria?
- Bananas — yield in Nigeria was 14,748 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 14,748 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,900 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Nigeria rank for bananas — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 66th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 124.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.