Corn: Yield gap in Nigeria
Nigeria: Corn: Yield gap was 1.42 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▼ Falling
Corn: Yield gap in Nigeria, 2000–2024
Source: Mueller et al. (2012); USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 1.42 tonnes per hectare for corn: yield gap in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.0% on the previous year and down 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, corn: yield gap in Nigeria peaked at 2.15 tonnes per hectare in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.22 tonnes per hectare, in 2022.
Nigeria ranks 70th of 115 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.79 tonnes per hectare | 1.25 tonnes per hectare | 2.15 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.77 tonnes per hectare | 1.59 tonnes per hectare | 1.99 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.39 tonnes per hectare | 1.22 tonnes per hectare | 1.51 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 66.82 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.0% (2025)
- Rural population 86.04 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 36.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 18.28 million hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is corn: yield gap in Nigeria?
- Corn: yield gap in Nigeria was 1.42 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Mueller et al. (2012); USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest corn: yield gap recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 2.15 tonnes per hectare in 2000.
- What is the lowest corn: yield gap recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.22 tonnes per hectare in 2022.
- How does Nigeria rank for corn: yield gap?
- Nigeria ranks 70th out of 115 countries with data for 2024.
- Is corn: yield gap rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Mueller et al. (2012); USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Corn: Yield gap. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield gaps are the difference between attainable yields and actual yields, measured in tonnes per hectare. Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.