Cow peas, dry — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Cow peas, dry — Yield was 833.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 833.7 kg/ha for cow peas, dry — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and up 44.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — yield in Nigeria peaked at 1,478 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 139.8 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places Nigeria 26th out of 47 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.
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 354.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 344.9 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 231.6 kg/ha | -32.9% |
| 1964 | 243.4 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1965 | 235.5 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1966 | 190.6 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1967 | 139.8 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1968 | 192.6 kg/ha | +37.8% |
| 1969 | 229.9 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1970 | 231.4 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 211.3 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1972 | 165.6 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1973 | 162.8 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 373.5 kg/ha | +129.4% |
| 1975 | 282.9 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 1976 | 267.2 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1977 | 262.9 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 354.2 kg/ha | +34.7% |
| 1979 | 443.8 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1980 | 348.6 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1981 | 477.4 kg/ha | +36.9% |
| 1982 | 405.3 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1983 | 492.8 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1984 | 431.3 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1985 | 434.9 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 456.9 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1987 | 459.9 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 575.2 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1989 | 749.8 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 1990 | 749 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 718 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1992 | 509.9 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 1993 | 510 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 510.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 488.4 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 461.6 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1997 | 476.2 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 409 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1999 | 600.1 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 2000 | 600.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 600 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 630 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 660 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 660.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 680 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 690 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 668 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 679.9 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 1,022 kg/ha | +50.3% |
| 2010 | 1,178 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2011 | 544.1 kg/ha | -53.8% |
| 2012 | 1,478 kg/ha | +171.7% |
| 2013 | 1,289 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2014 | 577.6 kg/ha | -55.2% |
| 2015 | 634.3 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2016 | 779 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 2017 | 773.6 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 816.4 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 824.3 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 831 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 835.6 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 856 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 856 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 833.7 kg/ha | -2.6% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 833.7 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 719.2 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 833.7 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 484.2 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cow peas, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +171.7% | 544.1 kg/ha | 1,478 kg/ha |
| 1974 | +129.4% | 162.8 kg/ha | 373.5 kg/ha |
| 2014 | -55.2% | 1,289 kg/ha | 577.6 kg/ha |
| 2011 | -53.8% | 1,178 kg/ha | 544.1 kg/ha |
| 2009 | +50.3% | 679.9 kg/ha | 1,022 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 240.3 kg/ha | 139.8 kg/ha | 354.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 275.56 kg/ha | 162.8 kg/ha | 443.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 483.21 kg/ha | 348.6 kg/ha | 749.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 543.23 kg/ha | 409 kg/ha | 749 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 689.01 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 1,022 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 889.41 kg/ha | 544.1 kg/ha | 1,478 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 842.46 kg/ha | 831 kg/ha | 856 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 cow peas, dry — yield in Nigeria?
- Cow peas, dry — yield in Nigeria was 833.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,478 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 139.8 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Nigeria rank for cow peas, dry — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 26th out of 47 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.3%. 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 Cow peas, dry — 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.