Oil palm fruit — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Oil palm fruit — Yield was 2,566 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 2,566 kg/ha for oil palm fruit — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — yield in Nigeria peaked at 2,699 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 2,492 kg/ha, in 2012.
That places Nigeria 40th out of 41 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,591 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 2,658 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 2,652 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 2,667 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 2,699 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 2,696 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 2,653 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 2,667 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 2,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 2,636 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 2,655 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 2,627 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 2,627 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 2,644 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 2,667 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 2,669 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 2,673 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 2,673 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,616 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 2,620 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 2,537 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 2,699 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 2,698 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,656 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 2,656 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,500 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,492 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 2,667 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 2,633 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 2,570 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 2,566 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,567 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,570 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 2,570 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,568 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,568 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,569 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,567 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,566 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 2,566 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,915 kg/ha, 24% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 2,566 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,984 kg/ha, 26% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,500 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,500 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,577 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 2,699 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,654 kg/ha | 2,627 kg/ha | 2,696 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,650 kg/ha | 2,537 kg/ha | 2,699 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,563 kg/ha | 2,492 kg/ha | 2,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,568 kg/ha | 2,566 kg/ha | 2,569 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
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 oil palm fruit — yield in Nigeria?
- Oil palm fruit — yield in Nigeria was 2,566 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 2,699 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,492 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Nigeria rank for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 40th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oil palm fruit — 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.