Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Production in Nigeria
Nigeria: Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Production was 1,552 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Production in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — production in Nigeria is 1,552 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — production in Nigeria peaked at 1,569 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
That places Nigeria 12th out of 26 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Production in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 t | — |
| 1962 | 0 t | — |
| 1963 | 0 t | — |
| 1964 | 0 t | — |
| 1965 | 0 t | — |
| 1966 | 0 t | — |
| 1967 | 0 t | — |
| 1968 | 0 t | — |
| 1969 | 0 t | — |
| 1970 | 0 t | — |
| 1971 | 0 t | — |
| 1972 | 0 t | — |
| 1973 | 0 t | — |
| 1974 | 0 t | — |
| 1975 | 0 t | — |
| 1976 | 0 t | — |
| 1977 | 0 t | — |
| 1978 | 0 t | — |
| 1979 | 0 t | — |
| 1980 | 0 t | — |
| 1981 | 530 t | — |
| 1982 | 500 t | -5.7% |
| 1983 | 500 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 550 t | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 600 t | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 700 t | +16.7% |
| 1987 | 840 t | +20.0% |
| 1988 | 850 t | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 860 t | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 870 t | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 880 t | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 890 t | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 900 t | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 944.46 t | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 971.22 t | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 997.63 t | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 1,024 t | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 1,049 t | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 1,074 t | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 1,099 t | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 1,124 t | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 1,148 t | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 1,171 t | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 1,195 t | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 1,219 t | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 1,243 t | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 1,266 t | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 1,288 t | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 1,310 t | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 1,331 t | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 1,351 t | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 1,390 t | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 1,390 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,418 t | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 1,451 t | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 1,477 t | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 1,501 t | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 1,524 t | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 1,546 t | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 1,569 t | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 1,546 t | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 1,554 t | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,556 t | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,552 t | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 593 t | 0 t | 860 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 960.06 t | 870 t | 1,074 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,206 t | 1,099 t | 1,310 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,438 t | 1,331 t | 1,546 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,555 t | 1,546 t | 1,569 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — production in Nigeria?
- Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — production in Nigeria was 1,552 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — production recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,569 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — production recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — production?
- Nigeria ranks 12th out of 26 countries with data for 2024.
- Is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — production rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Production. 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.