Cassava, fresh — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 5,840 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 5,840 kg/ha for cassava, fresh — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.7% on the previous year and down 23.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Nigeria peaked at 12,216 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 5,780 kg/ha, in 2020.
Nigeria ranks 72nd of 93 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,467 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,766 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1963 | 9,717 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1964 | 9,175 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1965 | 9,870 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1966 | 9,211 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1967 | 8,957 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1968 | 9,757 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1969 | 9,978 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1970 | 11,909 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1971 | 10,191 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1972 | 9,969 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 9,897 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 9,500 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1975 | 10,000 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 10,185 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 10,000 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 10,909 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1979 | 10,435 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1980 | 9,583 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1981 | 9,167 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1982 | 9,360 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 9,046 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 9,372 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 11,246 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1986 | 11,313 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 10,773 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1988 | 11,462 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1989 | 10,614 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1990 | 11,653 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1991 | 10,194 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1992 | 10,593 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 10,594 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 10,593 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 10,667 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 10,665 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 11,882 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1998 | 10,746 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1999 | 9,600 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2000 | 9,700 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 9,601 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 9,901 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 10,402 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 11,001 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 10,990 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 12,000 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 11,203 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2008 | 11,800 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 11,768 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 12,216 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 11,211 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2012 | 7,958 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 2013 | 7,032 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2014 | 7,655 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2015 | 7,266 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 9,076 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 2017 | 9,074 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 9,404 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 5,827 kg/ha | -38.0% |
| 2020 | 5,780 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 5,836 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 6,109 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 6,196 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 5,840 kg/ha | -5.7% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 5,840 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,977 kg/ha, 53% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 5,840 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,541 kg/ha, 55% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,433 kg/ha | 8,766 kg/ha | 9,978 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,299 kg/ha | 9,500 kg/ha | 11,909 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,194 kg/ha | 9,046 kg/ha | 11,462 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,719 kg/ha | 9,600 kg/ha | 11,882 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,837 kg/ha | 9,601 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,672 kg/ha | 5,827 kg/ha | 12,216 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,952 kg/ha | 5,780 kg/ha | 6,196 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 69 Niue 6,707 kg/ha compare
- 70 Cuba 6,162 kg/ha compare
- 71 Comoros 5,993 kg/ha compare
- 73 Dominican Republic 5,789 kg/ha compare
- 74 French Guiana 5,568 kg/ha compare
- 75 Sao Tome and Principe 5,519 kg/ha compare
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 cassava, fresh — yield in Nigeria?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Nigeria was 5,840 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 12,216 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,780 kg/ha in 2020.
- How does Nigeria rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 72nd out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cassava, fresh — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.