Dates — Yield in Niger
Niger: Dates — Yield was 3,054 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Yield in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — yield in Niger stood at 3,054 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Niger peaked at 3,634 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,406 kg/ha, in 2010.
That places Niger 28th out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Yield in Niger, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,941 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1964 | 2,941 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,941 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,941 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,941 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,941 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,941 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,941 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,941 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,941 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,941 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,889 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 2,903 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 2,902 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 2,902 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,900 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 2,906 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 2,905 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 2,905 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,897 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 2,903 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 2,909 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 2,954 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 3,046 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 3,091 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 3,136 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 3,182 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 3,634 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1991 | 3,115 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1992 | 3,119 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 3,123 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 3,127 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 3,131 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 3,135 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 3,140 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 3,144 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 3,198 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 3,235 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 3,348 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 3,289 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 3,290 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 3,288 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 3,404 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 3,390 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 3,333 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 2,972 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2009 | 2,738 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 1,406 kg/ha | -48.6% |
| 2011 | 2,739 kg/ha | +94.7% |
| 2012 | 3,400 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 2013 | 3,356 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 3,126 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 2,972 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 3,140 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 3,073 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 3,063 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 3,091 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 3,062 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 3,072 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 3,058 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 3,056 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 3,054 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 3,054 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 4,720 kg/ha, 65% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Niger's 3,054 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,054 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Yield in Niger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +94.7% | 1,406 kg/ha | 2,739 kg/ha |
| 2010 | -48.6% | 2,738 kg/ha | 1,406 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,954 kg/ha | 2,941 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,917 kg/ha | 2,889 kg/ha | 2,941 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,993 kg/ha | 2,897 kg/ha | 3,182 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,187 kg/ha | 3,115 kg/ha | 3,634 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,229 kg/ha | 2,738 kg/ha | 3,404 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,937 kg/ha | 1,406 kg/ha | 3,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,060 kg/ha | 3,054 kg/ha | 3,072 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Niger
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4759 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8163 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 47.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 47.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — yield in Niger?
- Dates — yield in Niger was 3,054 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 3,634 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,406 kg/ha in 2010.
- How does Niger rank for dates — yield?
- Niger ranks 28th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Dates — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.