Coffee, green — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Coffee, green — Yield was 1,312 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coffee, green — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, coffee, green — yield in Nigeria stood at 1,312 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — yield in Nigeria peaked at 1,439 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 183.3 kg/ha, in 1961.
Nigeria ranks 10th of 74 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Coffee, green — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 183.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 333.3 kg/ha | +81.8% |
| 1963 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 500 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1965 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 666.7 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1967 | 285.3 kg/ha | -57.2% |
| 1968 | 393.3 kg/ha | +37.9% |
| 1969 | 796 kg/ha | +102.4% |
| 1970 | 500.2 kg/ha | -37.2% |
| 1971 | 500 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 499.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 500 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 523.3 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 755.9 kg/ha | +44.4% |
| 1990 | 882.4 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1991 | 914.3 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 938.9 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 967.6 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 930 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1995 | 989.6 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1996 | 1,035 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 1,074 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 1,121 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 1,198 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2000 | 1,201 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 1,199 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,231 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 1,232 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,302 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 1,360 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 1,439 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 1,260 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2008 | 1,429 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2009 | 1,133 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 2010 | 1,206 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 1,300 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 1,277 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 1,281 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 1,297 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 1,304 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 1,294 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 1,298 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 1,299 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,303 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 1,309 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 1,316 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 1,309 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,311 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,312 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 1,312 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 579.75 kg/ha, 2.3× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 1,312 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 545.8 kg/ha, 2.4× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coffee, green — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +102.4% | 393.3 kg/ha | 796 kg/ha |
| 1962 | +81.8% | 183.3 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha |
| 1967 | -57.2% | 666.7 kg/ha | 285.3 kg/ha |
| 1964 | +50.0% | 333.3 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha |
| 1989 | +44.4% | 523.3 kg/ha | 755.9 kg/ha |
| 1968 | +37.9% | 285.3 kg/ha | 393.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 443.47 kg/ha | 183.3 kg/ha | 796 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 499.97 kg/ha | 499.5 kg/ha | 500.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 527.92 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 755.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,005 kg/ha | 882.4 kg/ha | 1,198 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,279 kg/ha | 1,133 kg/ha | 1,439 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,286 kg/ha | 1,206 kg/ha | 1,304 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,311 kg/ha | 1,309 kg/ha | 1,316 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 7 Ghana 1,600 kg/ha compare
- 8 Sierra Leone 1,473 kg/ha compare
- 8 Timor-Leste 423.6 kg/ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 394.6 kg/ha compare
- 9 Tonga 1,370 kg/ha compare
- 11 Paraguay 1,308 kg/ha compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 350.1 kg/ha compare
- 12 Honduras 1,215 kg/ha compare
- 12 Polynesia 332.8 kg/ha compare
- 13 Belize 1,181 kg/ha compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 237.7 kg/ha compare
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 coffee, green — yield in Nigeria?
- Coffee, green — yield in Nigeria was 1,312 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,439 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 183.3 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for coffee, green — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 10th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. 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 Coffee, green — 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.