Maize (corn) — Production in Nigeria
Nigeria: Maize (corn) — Production was 11.16 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Production in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 11.16 million t for maize (corn) — production in 2024.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Nigeria peaked at 12.95 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 488,000 t, in 1979.
Nigeria ranks 14th of 183 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.09 million t | 950,000 t | 1.25 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 888,800 t | 488,000 t | 1.44 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.46 million t | 612,000 t | 5.27 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.91 million t | 5.13 million t | 6.93 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.90 million t | 4.11 million t | 7.53 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.87 million t | 7.68 million t | 12.60 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.06 million t | 11.05 million t | 12.95 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 11 Russian Federation 13.95 million t compare
- 12 Ethiopia 11.70 million t compare
- 13 Yugoslav SFR 11.56 million t compare
- 15 United Republic of Tanzania 10.08 million t compare
- 16 USSR 9.79 million t compare
- 17 Poland 9.22 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- Agriculture share gdp 22.98 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 22.98 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
- Rural population 36.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 86.04 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 66.82 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 6.91 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — production in Nigeria?
- Maize (corn) — production in Nigeria was 11.16 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 12.95 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 488,000 t in 1979.
- How does Nigeria rank for maize (corn) — production?
- Nigeria ranks 14th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — production rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. 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 Maize (corn) — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.