Green corn (maize) — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Green corn (maize) — Yield was 3,972 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for green corn (maize) — yield in Nigeria is 3,972 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — yield in Nigeria peaked at 3,972 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,429 kg/ha, in 1972.
That places Nigeria 39th out of 53 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.
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,007 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,214 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1963 | 2,561 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1964 | 1,905 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 1965 | 2,071 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1966 | 2,140 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 2,052 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1968 | 2,564 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1969 | 2,292 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1970 | 2,490 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1971 | 2,607 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1972 | 1,429 kg/ha | -45.2% |
| 1973 | 2,456 kg/ha | +71.9% |
| 1974 | 2,276 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1975 | 3,516 kg/ha | +54.5% |
| 1976 | 3,022 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1977 | 3,180 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1978 | 2,308 kg/ha | -27.4% |
| 1979 | 2,929 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 1980 | 3,500 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1981 | 3,636 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 2,786 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 1983 | 2,424 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1984 | 2,857 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1985 | 2,923 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 2,523 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1987 | 3,159 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 1988 | 3,333 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1989 | 3,331 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 3,053 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1991 | 3,064 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 2,833 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1993 | 3,594 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1994 | 3,319 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1995 | 3,370 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 3,419 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 3,396 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 3,420 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 3,444 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 3,466 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 3,488 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 3,578 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 3,537 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 3,555 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 3,570 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 3,562 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 3,563 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 3,631 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 3,654 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 3,677 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 3,700 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 3,825 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 3,762 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 3,773 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 3,803 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 3,809 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 3,837 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 3,858 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 3,874 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 3,902 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 3,930 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 3,936 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 3,955 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 3,972 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 3,972 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,972 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 3,972 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,841 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Green corn (maize) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +71.9% | 1,429 kg/ha | 2,456 kg/ha |
| 1975 | +54.5% | 2,276 kg/ha | 3,516 kg/ha |
| 1972 | -45.2% | 2,607 kg/ha | 1,429 kg/ha |
| 1978 | -27.4% | 3,180 kg/ha | 2,308 kg/ha |
| 1964 | -25.6% | 2,561 kg/ha | 1,905 kg/ha |
| 1979 | +26.9% | 2,308 kg/ha | 2,929 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,201 kg/ha | 1,905 kg/ha | 2,564 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,621 kg/ha | 1,429 kg/ha | 3,516 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,047 kg/ha | 2,424 kg/ha | 3,636 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,291 kg/ha | 2,833 kg/ha | 3,594 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,560 kg/ha | 3,466 kg/ha | 3,654 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,792 kg/ha | 3,677 kg/ha | 3,874 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,939 kg/ha | 3,902 kg/ha | 3,972 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — yield in Nigeria?
- Green corn (maize) — yield in Nigeria was 3,972 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 3,972 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,429 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Nigeria rank for green corn (maize) — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 39th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. 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 Green corn (maize) — 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.