Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Yield was 1,533 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Yield in Nigeria, 1981–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 1,533 kg/ha for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield in Nigeria peaked at 1,552 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 500 kg/ha, in 1982.
Nigeria ranks 9th of 26 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 530 kg/ha | — |
| 1982 | 500 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1983 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 550 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 600 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 700 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1987 | 840 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1988 | 850 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 860 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 785.9 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1991 | 880 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1992 | 890 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 900 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 944.5 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 971.2 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 997.6 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 1,024 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 1,049 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 1,074 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 1,099 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 1,124 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 1,148 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 1,171 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 1,195 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 1,219 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 1,243 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 1,266 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 1,288 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 1,310 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 1,331 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 1,351 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 1,390 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 1,390 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,414 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 1,441 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 1,462 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 1,484 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 1,507 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 1,527 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 1,552 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 1,537 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 1,537 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,538 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,533 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 658.89 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 860 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1990s | 951.64 kg/ha | 785.9 kg/ha | 1,074 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,206 kg/ha | 1,099 kg/ha | 1,310 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,430 kg/ha | 1,331 kg/ha | 1,527 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,539 kg/ha | 1,533 kg/ha | 1,552 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield in Nigeria?
- Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield in Nigeria was 1,533 kg/ha 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 — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,552 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 kg/ha in 1982.
- How does Nigeria rank for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 9th out of 26 countries with data for 2024.
- Is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. 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 Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — 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.