Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield was 4,895 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 4,895 kg/ha for citrus fruit, total — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — yield in Nigeria peaked at 5,013 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3,273 kg/ha, in 1979.
Nigeria ranks 111th of 137 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,333 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,273 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 3,273 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,273 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,273 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,509 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1984 | 3,509 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,509 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,509 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,509 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,509 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,502 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 3,591 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 3,968 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1992 | 4,231 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1993 | 4,371 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 4,142 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1995 | 4,226 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 4,338 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 4,400 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 4,437 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 4,438 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 4,467 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 4,482 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 4,492 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 4,513 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 4,530 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 4,518 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 4,566 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 4,542 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 4,718 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 4,872 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 4,810 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 4,780 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 4,875 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 4,780 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 4,782 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 4,906 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 4,932 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 4,945 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 4,964 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 4,987 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 5,013 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 4,904 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 4,902 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 4,880 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 4,895 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 4,895 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,073 kg/ha, 49% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 4,895 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,478 kg/ha, 65% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,333 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,327 kg/ha | 3,273 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,437 kg/ha | 3,273 kg/ha | 3,509 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,214 kg/ha | 3,591 kg/ha | 4,438 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,570 kg/ha | 4,467 kg/ha | 4,872 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,876 kg/ha | 4,780 kg/ha | 4,987 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,919 kg/ha | 4,880 kg/ha | 5,013 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 citrus fruit, total — yield in Nigeria?
- Citrus fruit, total — yield in Nigeria was 4,895 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 5,013 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,273 kg/ha in 1979.
- How does Nigeria rank for citrus fruit, total — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 111th out of 137 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.