Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Niger
Niger: Cereals n.e.c. — Yield was 338.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Niger, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Niger recorded 338.9 kg/ha for cereals n.e.c. — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — yield in Niger peaked at 772.6 kg/ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 320.4 kg/ha, in 2010.
Niger ranks 67th of 67 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Niger, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 666.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 705.9 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 722.2 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 714.3 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 739.1 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 740.7 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 750 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 758.6 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 772.6 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 352.3 kg/ha | -54.4% |
| 2000 | 400 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2001 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 399.8 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 407 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 325.8 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2010 | 320.4 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 350.8 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2012 | 362.3 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 359.4 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 338.1 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 328.3 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 341.8 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 338 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 342.5 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 325.9 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 320.6 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 332.3 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 339.8 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 339.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 338.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 338.9 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 610.65 kg/ha, 55% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Niger's 338.9 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 690.3 kg/ha, 49% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Niger changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | -54.4% | 772.6 kg/ha | 352.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 692.24 kg/ha | 352.3 kg/ha | 772.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 393.26 kg/ha | 325.8 kg/ha | 407 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 340.75 kg/ha | 320.4 kg/ha | 362.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 334.18 kg/ha | 320.6 kg/ha | 339.8 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 64 Russian Federation 398.9 kg/ha compare
- 65 Guinea-Bissau 363.4 kg/ha compare
- 66 Mongolia 353.5 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Niger
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4759 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8163 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 47.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 47.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals n.e.c. — yield in Niger?
- Cereals n.e.c. — yield in Niger was 338.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 772.6 kg/ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 320.4 kg/ha in 2010.
- How does Niger rank for cereals n.e.c. — yield?
- Niger ranks 67th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals n.e.c. — 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.