Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield was 378.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Nigeria stood at 378.8 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Nigeria peaked at 821.9 kg/ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 324.2 kg/ha, in 2000.
Nigeria ranks 25th of 28 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 446.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 476.9 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1963 | 507.7 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1964 | 576.9 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1965 | 546.2 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1966 | 565.4 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 547.4 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1968 | 586.8 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1969 | 639.5 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1970 | 686.8 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1971 | 650 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1972 | 602.1 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1973 | 697.4 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1974 | 821.1 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1975 | 713.2 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1976 | 719.2 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 811.6 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1978 | 787.7 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 767.1 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 616.4 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1981 | 821.9 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1982 | 684.9 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1983 | 616.4 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1984 | 794.5 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 1985 | 821.9 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 821.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 757.5 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1988 | 619.2 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1989 | 586.7 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1990 | 653.3 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1991 | 578.4 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1992 | 481.3 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1993 | 485.1 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 365.9 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 1995 | 420.9 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1996 | 462.6 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1997 | 411 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1998 | 400.9 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 359.7 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2000 | 324.2 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2001 | 324.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 330.4 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 418.9 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 2004 | 418.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 379 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2006 | 366.2 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 370.9 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 372.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 373.2 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 374.3 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 375.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 376.6 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 377.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 378.8 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 380 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 381.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 382.2 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 383.3 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 376.4 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 370.6 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 373.6 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 378.3 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 378.6 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 378.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 378.8 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 863.35 kg/ha, 44% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 378.8 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 902.9 kg/ha, 42% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 543.67 kg/ha | 446.2 kg/ha | 639.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 725.62 kg/ha | 602.1 kg/ha | 821.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 714.13 kg/ha | 586.7 kg/ha | 821.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 461.91 kg/ha | 359.7 kg/ha | 653.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 367.81 kg/ha | 324.2 kg/ha | 418.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 378.58 kg/ha | 374.3 kg/ha | 383.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 375.98 kg/ha | 370.6 kg/ha | 378.8 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 22 Indonesia 718.3 kg/ha compare
- 23 Sri Lanka 701.2 kg/ha compare
- 24 Papua New Guinea 584.1 kg/ha compare
- 26 Malaysia 340.8 kg/ha compare
- 27 Bangladesh 100.3 kg/ha compare
- 28 Brunei Darussalam 63.3 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 natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Nigeria?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Nigeria was 378.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 821.9 kg/ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 324.2 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Nigeria rank for natural rubber in primary forms — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 25th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Natural rubber in primary forms — 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.