Cocoa beans — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Cocoa beans — Yield was 269.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Cocoa beans — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cocoa beans — yield in Nigeria is 269.1 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in Nigeria peaked at 498 kg/ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 200 kg/ha, in 1983.
That places Nigeria 39th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Cocoa beans — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 281.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 260 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1963 | 318.6 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1964 | 426.1 kg/ha | +33.7% |
| 1965 | 263.7 kg/ha | -38.1% |
| 1966 | 381.7 kg/ha | +44.7% |
| 1967 | 340 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1968 | 274 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1969 | 315.4 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1970 | 435.4 kg/ha | +38.0% |
| 1971 | 366.6 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1972 | 344.4 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1973 | 307.1 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1974 | 305.7 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 308.6 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 258.6 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1977 | 275.7 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1978 | 224.3 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1979 | 215.7 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1980 | 218.6 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 248.6 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1982 | 222.9 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1983 | 200 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1984 | 229.7 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1985 | 228.6 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 211.4 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1987 | 214.3 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 361.4 kg/ha | +68.6% |
| 1989 | 361.6 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 341.3 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1991 | 369.1 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1992 | 400 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1993 | 416.3 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 430.1 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 257.6 kg/ha | -40.1% |
| 1996 | 437.1 kg/ha | +69.7% |
| 1997 | 430.3 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 498 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1999 | 302.2 kg/ha | -39.3% |
| 2000 | 349.9 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2001 | 352 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 351.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 384.2 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2004 | 387.9 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 367.8 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2006 | 439.3 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2007 | 265.2 kg/ha | -39.6% |
| 2008 | 272 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 268.4 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 313.7 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2011 | 315 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 302.4 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 296 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 288.2 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 285.8 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 284.1 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 280.2 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 284.2 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 282.3 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 300.9 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 278 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2022 | 272.9 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 272.4 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 269.1 kg/ha | -1.2% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 269.1 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 393.35 kg/ha, 68% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 269.1 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 308.35 kg/ha, 87% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Yield in Nigeria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +69.7% | 257.6 kg/ha | 437.1 kg/ha |
| 1988 | +68.6% | 214.3 kg/ha | 361.4 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 317.88 kg/ha | 260 kg/ha | 426.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 304.21 kg/ha | 215.7 kg/ha | 435.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 249.71 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 361.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 388.2 kg/ha | 257.6 kg/ha | 498 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 343.82 kg/ha | 265.2 kg/ha | 439.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 293.19 kg/ha | 280.2 kg/ha | 315 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 278.66 kg/ha | 269.1 kg/ha | 300.9 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 cocoa beans — yield in Nigeria?
- Cocoa beans — yield in Nigeria was 269.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 498 kg/ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Nigeria rank for cocoa beans — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 39th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cocoa beans — 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.