Fruit Primary — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Fruit Primary — Yield was 8,183 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 8,183 kg/ha for fruit primary — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 34.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Nigeria peaked at 8,209 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4,433 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Nigeria 123rd out of 191 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.
Fruit Primary — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,433 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,465 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 4,506 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 4,540 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 4,621 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 4,657 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 4,693 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 4,733 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 4,779 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 4,749 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 4,782 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 4,775 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 4,779 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 4,808 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 4,820 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 4,837 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 4,848 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 4,859 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 4,681 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 4,680 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 4,691 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 4,712 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 4,951 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1984 | 4,962 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 4,968 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 5,009 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 5,146 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 5,130 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 5,382 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1990 | 5,366 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 5,493 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 5,608 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 5,655 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 5,562 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 5,570 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 5,634 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 5,686 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 5,710 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 5,369 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2000 | 5,429 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 5,385 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 5,407 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 5,457 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 5,531 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 5,590 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 5,673 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 5,722 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 5,697 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 5,864 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 5,917 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 5,970 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 6,003 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 6,027 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 6,096 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 6,439 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 6,573 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 6,735 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 6,944 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 7,221 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 7,483 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 8,209 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2022 | 7,970 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 7,934 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 8,183 kg/ha | +3.1% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 8,183 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,605 kg/ha, 77% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 8,183 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,972 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,603 kg/ha | 4,433 kg/ha | 4,779 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,794 kg/ha | 4,681 kg/ha | 4,859 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,963 kg/ha | 4,680 kg/ha | 5,382 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,565 kg/ha | 5,366 kg/ha | 5,710 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,575 kg/ha | 5,385 kg/ha | 5,864 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,392 kg/ha | 5,917 kg/ha | 7,221 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,956 kg/ha | 7,483 kg/ha | 8,209 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 fruit primary — yield in Nigeria?
- Fruit primary — yield in Nigeria was 8,183 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 8,209 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,433 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 123rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.2%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.