Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 1,246 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Nigeria stood at 1,246 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Nigeria peaked at 1,720 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 323 kg/ha, in 1975.
Nigeria ranks 58th of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,052 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,281 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1963 | 992.5 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 1964 | 924.5 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1965 | 887.4 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1966 | 751.1 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1967 | 690.6 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1968 | 934.1 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 1969 | 1,007 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1970 | 845.5 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1971 | 769.4 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1972 | 664 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1973 | 422.9 kg/ha | -36.3% |
| 1974 | 1,066 kg/ha | +152.1% |
| 1975 | 323 kg/ha | -69.7% |
| 1976 | 671.1 kg/ha | +107.8% |
| 1977 | 790.3 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1978 | 987.3 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 1979 | 1,006 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 836.6 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1981 | 815.4 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 921.5 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1983 | 909.2 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 910 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 1,046 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1986 | 1,130 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1987 | 1,151 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 1,437 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 1989 | 1,271 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1990 | 1,649 kg/ha | +29.7% |
| 1991 | 1,208 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 1992 | 1,240 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 1,180 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1994 | 924.9 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1995 | 893.6 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 1,005 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1997 | 1,124 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1998 | 972.9 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1999 | 1,500 kg/ha | +54.2% |
| 2000 | 1,500 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,550 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 1,520 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 1,530 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 1,550 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 1,590 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 1,720 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 1,293 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 2008 | 1,230 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 1,126 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2010 | 1,362 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 2011 | 1,259 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2012 | 1,246 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 905.5 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 2014 | 1,214 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 2015 | 1,238 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 1,261 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 1,257 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 1,223 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 1,210 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 1,169 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 1,142 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 1,260 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2023 | 1,246 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 1,246 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 1,246 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,148 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 1,246 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 835.95 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +152.1% | 422.9 kg/ha | 1,066 kg/ha |
| 1976 | +107.8% | 323 kg/ha | 671.1 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 946.68 kg/ha | 690.6 kg/ha | 1,281 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 754.56 kg/ha | 323 kg/ha | 1,066 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,043 kg/ha | 815.4 kg/ha | 1,437 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,170 kg/ha | 893.6 kg/ha | 1,649 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,461 kg/ha | 1,126 kg/ha | 1,720 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,217 kg/ha | 905.5 kg/ha | 1,362 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,213 kg/ha | 1,142 kg/ha | 1,260 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 55 Colombia 1,318 kg/ha compare
- 56 South Africa 1,262 kg/ha compare
- 57 Ethiopia PDR 1,256 kg/ha compare
- 59 Jamaica 1,225 kg/ha compare
- 60 Cambodia 1,200 kg/ha compare
- 61 Guinea-Bissau 1,178 kg/ha compare
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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Nigeria?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Nigeria was 1,246 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,720 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 323 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does Nigeria rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 58th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. 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 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.