Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Niger
Niger: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 648.6 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Niger is 648.6 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 11.9% on the previous year and up 25.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Niger peaked at 877.6 kg/ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 130.6 kg/ha, in 1975.
Niger ranks 100th of 112 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Niger, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 478.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 635.8 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 1963 | 691.7 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1964 | 629.5 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1965 | 810.1 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 1966 | 877.6 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1967 | 836.7 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1968 | 584.4 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 1969 | 647 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1970 | 572.3 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1971 | 650.7 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1972 | 621.8 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1973 | 211.8 kg/ha | -65.9% |
| 1974 | 504.3 kg/ha | +138.1% |
| 1975 | 130.6 kg/ha | -74.1% |
| 1976 | 482.3 kg/ha | +269.3% |
| 1977 | 472.2 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 460.5 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1979 | 610.4 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 1980 | 665.1 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1981 | 487.8 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1982 | 459.6 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1983 | 463.5 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 210.4 kg/ha | -54.6% |
| 1985 | 461.1 kg/ha | +119.2% |
| 1986 | 507.6 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1987 | 256.1 kg/ha | -49.5% |
| 1988 | 165.1 kg/ha | -35.5% |
| 1989 | 428.8 kg/ha | +159.7% |
| 1990 | 279.3 kg/ha | -34.9% |
| 1991 | 338.3 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1992 | 326 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 235.2 kg/ha | -27.9% |
| 1994 | 447.2 kg/ha | +90.1% |
| 1995 | 412.5 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1996 | 471.6 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1997 | 380.3 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1998 | 496.2 kg/ha | +30.5% |
| 1999 | 414.9 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2000 | 314.2 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 2001 | 426.4 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 2002 | 459.5 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2003 | 494.5 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2004 | 455.4 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2005 | 449.7 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 438.2 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 393.5 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2008 | 451.5 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2009 | 430.6 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 510.5 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2011 | 572.7 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2012 | 393.6 kg/ha | -31.3% |
| 2013 | 485.2 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 2014 | 517.8 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 594.8 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2016 | 588.2 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 501.2 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2018 | 645.9 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 2019 | 604.7 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2020 | 661.9 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2021 | 508.8 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 2022 | 669.6 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 2023 | 579.8 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2024 | 648.6 kg/ha | +11.9% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 648.6 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 820.1 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Niger's 648.6 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 835.95 kg/ha, 78% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +269.3% | 130.6 kg/ha | 482.3 kg/ha |
| 1989 | +159.7% | 165.1 kg/ha | 428.8 kg/ha |
| 1974 | +138.1% | 211.8 kg/ha | 504.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 687.93 kg/ha | 478.6 kg/ha | 877.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 471.69 kg/ha | 130.6 kg/ha | 650.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 410.51 kg/ha | 165.1 kg/ha | 665.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 380.15 kg/ha | 235.2 kg/ha | 496.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 431.35 kg/ha | 314.2 kg/ha | 494.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 541.46 kg/ha | 393.6 kg/ha | 645.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 613.74 kg/ha | 508.8 kg/ha | 669.6 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Niger?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Niger was 648.6 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 877.6 kg/ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 130.6 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does Niger rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- Niger ranks 100th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.