Cereals, primary — Production in Nigeria
Nigeria: Cereals, primary — Production was 28.47 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Production in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — production in Nigeria is 28.47 million t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Nigeria peaked at 30.31 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5.81 million t, in 1972.
That places Nigeria 22nd out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Production in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7.89 million t | — |
| 1962 | 8.32 million t | +5.5% |
| 1963 | 8.20 million t | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 8.11 million t | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 8.41 million t | +3.8% |
| 1966 | 6.14 million t | -27.0% |
| 1967 | 7.38 million t | +20.1% |
| 1968 | 7.41 million t | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 8.80 million t | +18.8% |
| 1970 | 8.98 million t | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 8.33 million t | -7.3% |
| 1972 | 5.81 million t | -30.2% |
| 1973 | 8.24 million t | +41.9% |
| 1974 | 10.29 million t | +24.8% |
| 1975 | 8.35 million t | -18.8% |
| 1976 | 7.16 million t | -14.2% |
| 1977 | 6.96 million t | -2.8% |
| 1978 | 6.00 million t | -13.7% |
| 1979 | 6.44 million t | +7.2% |
| 1980 | 7.79 million t | +21.0% |
| 1981 | 8.05 million t | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 8.47 million t | +5.2% |
| 1983 | 8.83 million t | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 10.50 million t | +19.0% |
| 1985 | 11.89 million t | +13.2% |
| 1986 | 14.66 million t | +23.3% |
| 1987 | 15.92 million t | +8.6% |
| 1988 | 16.56 million t | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 18.01 million t | +8.7% |
| 1990 | 17.68 million t | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 18.61 million t | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 19.60 million t | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 20.09 million t | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 20.37 million t | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 22.51 million t | +10.5% |
| 1996 | 21.66 million t | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 21.85 million t | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 22.04 million t | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 22.41 million t | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 21.37 million t | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 20.09 million t | -6.0% |
| 2002 | 21.37 million t | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 22.74 million t | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 24.32 million t | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 26.03 million t | +7.0% |
| 2006 | 28.86 million t | +10.9% |
| 2007 | 27.17 million t | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 30.21 million t | +11.2% |
| 2009 | 21.27 million t | -29.6% |
| 2010 | 24.65 million t | +15.9% |
| 2011 | 20.70 million t | -16.0% |
| 2012 | 21.43 million t | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 20.61 million t | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 26.38 million t | +28.0% |
| 2015 | 26.07 million t | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 27.53 million t | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 27.10 million t | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 28.19 million t | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 29.80 million t | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 29.21 million t | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 29.86 million t | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 30.31 million t | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 28.05 million t | -7.5% |
| 2024 | 28.47 million t | +1.5% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 28.47 million t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.54 million t, 18.5× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 28.47 million t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.52 million t, 18.8× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.85 million t | 6.14 million t | 8.80 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 7.66 million t | 5.81 million t | 10.29 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.07 million t | 7.79 million t | 18.01 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.68 million t | 17.68 million t | 22.51 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 24.34 million t | 20.09 million t | 30.21 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.25 million t | 20.61 million t | 29.80 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.18 million t | 28.05 million t | 30.31 million t | 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 cereals, primary — production in Nigeria?
- Cereals, primary — production in Nigeria was 28.47 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 30.31 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.81 million t in 1972.
- How does Nigeria rank for cereals, primary — production?
- Nigeria ranks 22nd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. 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 Cereals, primary — Production. 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.