Melonseed — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Melonseed — Yield was 645.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Melonseed — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, melonseed — yield in Nigeria stood at 645.9 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, melonseed — yield in Nigeria peaked at 1,370 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 155.6 kg/ha, in 1971.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Melonseed — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 322.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 317.6 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1963 | 393.2 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1964 | 342.7 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1965 | 358.5 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 256.2 kg/ha | -28.5% |
| 1967 | 259.9 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 193.6 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 1969 | 165 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1970 | 171.7 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 155.6 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1972 | 274.9 kg/ha | +76.7% |
| 1973 | 404.4 kg/ha | +47.1% |
| 1974 | 550.6 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 1975 | 881.4 kg/ha | +60.1% |
| 1976 | 902.2 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 865.9 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1978 | 803 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1979 | 1,010 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1980 | 1,237 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1981 | 847.8 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 1982 | 1,370 kg/ha | +61.6% |
| 1983 | 1,274 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1984 | 872 kg/ha | -31.6% |
| 1985 | 803.3 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1986 | 1,020 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 1987 | 1,000 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 892.9 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1989 | 1,000 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1990 | 904.3 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1991 | 948.1 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 950.6 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 1,000 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1994 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,007 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 1,006 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 1,320 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 1998 | 1,082 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1999 | 600.4 kg/ha | -44.5% |
| 2000 | 600 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 630.3 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 630.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 640.4 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 649.9 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 659.8 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 659.5 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 680.9 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 822.2 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 2010 | 1,080 kg/ha | +31.4% |
| 2011 | 1,188 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2012 | 667.2 kg/ha | -43.8% |
| 2013 | 606.2 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2014 | 557.1 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2015 | 670.9 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 2016 | 608.5 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2017 | 594.5 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 649.3 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2019 | 648.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 642.5 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 646.7 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 645.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 645 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 645.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 645.9 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 610.7 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 645.9 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 471.2 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Melonseed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +76.7% | 155.6 kg/ha | 274.9 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 289.91 kg/ha | 165 kg/ha | 393.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 601.94 kg/ha | 155.6 kg/ha | 1,010 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,032 kg/ha | 803.3 kg/ha | 1,370 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 981.87 kg/ha | 600.4 kg/ha | 1,320 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 657.34 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 822.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 727.02 kg/ha | 557.1 kg/ha | 1,188 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 645.2 kg/ha | 642.5 kg/ha | 646.7 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 6 Chad 684.3 kg/ha compare
- 7 Central African Republic 664.5 kg/ha compare
- 8 Sudan (former) 653.5 kg/ha compare
- 10 South Sudan 641.5 kg/ha compare
- 11 Mauritania 579.9 kg/ha compare
- 12 Congo 471.2 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 melonseed — yield in Nigeria?
- Melonseed — yield in Nigeria was 645.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest melonseed — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,370 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest melonseed — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 155.6 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does Nigeria rank for melonseed — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 9th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is melonseed — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. 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 Melonseed — 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.