Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Niger
Niger: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 597.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Niger stood at 597.8 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Niger peaked at 605 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 68.7 kg/ha, in 1990.
That places Niger 74th out of 131 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.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Niger, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 140.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 199.7 kg/ha | +42.4% |
| 1963 | 160.2 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1964 | 159.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 128.3 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1966 | 143.8 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1967 | 125.3 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1968 | 136.5 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1969 | 167.1 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1970 | 168 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 142.6 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1972 | 142.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 137 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1974 | 182.1 kg/ha | +32.9% |
| 1975 | 237.4 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 1976 | 196.9 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1977 | 177.3 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1978 | 169.1 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1979 | 223.8 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 1980 | 236 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1981 | 298.8 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 1982 | 419.5 kg/ha | +40.4% |
| 1983 | 362 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1984 | 293.8 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1985 | 278.8 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1986 | 302.3 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1987 | 175 kg/ha | -42.1% |
| 1988 | 200 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1989 | 173.3 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1990 | 68.7 kg/ha | -60.4% |
| 1991 | 72.9 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 350 kg/ha | +380.1% |
| 1993 | 406 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1994 | 412.5 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 408.3 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 403.3 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 400 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 253.5 kg/ha | -36.6% |
| 1999 | 391.1 kg/ha | +54.3% |
| 2000 | 400 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 411.6 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 424.6 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 446.2 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 460.7 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 475.9 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 491.4 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 507.2 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 521.4 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 605 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2010 | 549.1 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2011 | 598.9 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 525.5 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2013 | 532.5 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 539.5 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 546.4 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 553.4 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 560.4 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 567.3 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 574.3 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 588.2 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 598.4 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 589.2 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 593.5 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 597.8 kg/ha | +0.7% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 597.8 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 342.8 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Niger's 597.8 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 346.4 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +380.1% | 72.9 kg/ha | 350 kg/ha |
| 1990 | -60.4% | 173.3 kg/ha | 68.7 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +54.3% | 253.5 kg/ha | 391.1 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 151.22 kg/ha | 125.3 kg/ha | 199.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 177.7 kg/ha | 137 kg/ha | 237.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 273.95 kg/ha | 173.3 kg/ha | 419.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 316.63 kg/ha | 68.7 kg/ha | 412.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 474.4 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 605 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 554.73 kg/ha | 525.5 kg/ha | 598.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 593.42 kg/ha | 588.2 kg/ha | 598.4 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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Niger?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Niger was 597.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 605 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.7 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Niger rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Niger ranks 74th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.8%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.