Chicken meat yields per animal in Nigeria
Nigeria: Chicken meat yields per animal was 1 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
139th
of 198 countries
All-time high
1
in 1975
All-time low
0.8
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Chicken meat yields per animal in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2024, chicken meat yields per animal in Nigeria stood at 1. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, chicken meat yields per animal in Nigeria peaked at 1 in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0.8, in 1961.
That places Nigeria 139th out of 198 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8111 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.95 | 0.9 | 1 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- Agriculture share gdp 22.98 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 22.98 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
- Rural population 36.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 86.04 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 66.82 billion current US$ (2025)
- Cereal yield vs gdp per capita 1.56 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chicken meat yields per animal in Nigeria?
- Chicken meat yields per animal in Nigeria was 1 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest chicken meat yields per animal recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1975.
- What is the lowest chicken meat yields per animal recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8 in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for chicken meat yields per animal?
- Nigeria ranks 139th out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chicken meat yields per animal rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Chicken meat yields per animal. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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