Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Coconuts, in shell — Yield was 7,999 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for coconuts, in shell — yield in Nigeria is 7,999 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconuts, in shell — yield in Nigeria peaked at 7,999 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,714 kg/ha, in 1961.
Nigeria ranks 22nd of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,714 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,769 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 2,786 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 2,784 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 2,829 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 2,871 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 2,867 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 2,844 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 2,862 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 2,862 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,853 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 2,867 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 2,829 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 2,829 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,829 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,812 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 2,875 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 2,875 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,812 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 2,812 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,857 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 2,895 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 2,857 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 2,886 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 2,956 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 3,014 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 3,044 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 3,086 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 3,143 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 3,324 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 3,486 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1992 | 3,553 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 3,590 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 4,362 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1995 | 5,228 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1996 | 4,794 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1997 | 4,294 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1998 | 4,294 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 4,438 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 4,444 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 4,472 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 4,500 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 4,667 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 5,000 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 5,359 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2006 | 5,769 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 5,500 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 5,707 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 6,230 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2010 | 6,764 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 6,795 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 6,790 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 6,822 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 6,876 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 7,028 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 7,223 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 7,311 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 7,424 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 7,553 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 7,681 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 7,836 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 7,836 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 7,918 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 7,999 kg/ha | +1.0% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 7,999 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4,442 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 7,999 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,980 kg/ha, 2.7× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,814 kg/ha | 2,714 kg/ha | 2,871 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,844 kg/ha | 2,812 kg/ha | 2,875 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,955 kg/ha | 2,812 kg/ha | 3,143 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,136 kg/ha | 3,324 kg/ha | 5,228 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,165 kg/ha | 4,444 kg/ha | 6,230 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,059 kg/ha | 6,764 kg/ha | 7,553 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,854 kg/ha | 7,681 kg/ha | 7,999 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 coconuts, in shell — yield in Nigeria?
- Coconuts, in shell — yield in Nigeria was 7,999 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconuts, in shell — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 7,999 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest coconuts, in shell — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,714 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for coconuts, in shell — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 22nd out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coconuts, in shell — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.3%. 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 Coconuts, in shell — 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.