Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield was 326.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Nigeria stood at 326.7 kg/ha.
The figure is down 6.5% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Nigeria peaked at 360.5 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 127.1 kg/ha, in 1975.
That places Nigeria 156th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 195.27 kg/ha | 173.8 kg/ha | 223.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 158.76 kg/ha | 127.1 kg/ha | 211.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 171.36 kg/ha | 137.5 kg/ha | 227.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 240.36 kg/ha | 205.9 kg/ha | 305.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 312.72 kg/ha | 284.2 kg/ha | 360.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 329.03 kg/ha | 281.1 kg/ha | 360 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 335.3 kg/ha | 325.3 kg/ha | 349.5 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 153 Democratic Republic of the Congo 329.1 kg/ha compare
- 154 Vanuatu 327.1 kg/ha compare
- 155 Côte d'Ivoire 327 kg/ha compare
- 157 Sri Lanka 321.2 kg/ha compare
- 158 French Polynesia 318.3 kg/ha compare
- 159 Angola 317.1 kg/ha 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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Nigeria?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Nigeria was 326.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 360.5 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 127.1 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does Nigeria rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 156th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield. 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.