Okra — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Okra — Yield was 862.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Okra — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, okra — yield in Nigeria stood at 862.8 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 8.2% on the previous year and down 53.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — yield in Nigeria peaked at 2,996 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 862.8 kg/ha, in 2024.
Nigeria ranks 52nd of 53 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Okra — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,567 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,607 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 1,640 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 1,680 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 1,671 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 1,710 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 1,755 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 1,800 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 1,852 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 1,812 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1971 | 1,844 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 1,875 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 1,969 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 2,000 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 2,121 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1976 | 2,114 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 2,139 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 2,000 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1979 | 2,050 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 2,100 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 2,150 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 2,200 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 2,250 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 2,190 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 2,065 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1986 | 1,960 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1987 | 2,000 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 2,040 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 2,996 kg/ha | +46.9% |
| 1990 | 2,023 kg/ha | -32.5% |
| 1991 | 2,292 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1992 | 2,327 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 2,359 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 2,391 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 2,429 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 2,451 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 2,498 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 2,502 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 2,614 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 2,572 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 2,585 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 2,632 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 2,700 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 2,636 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 2,714 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 2,703 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 2,977 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2008 | 2,685 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2009 | 2,692 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 2,728 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 873.5 kg/ha | -68.0% |
| 2012 | 1,886 kg/ha | +115.9% |
| 2013 | 1,731 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2014 | 1,862 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2015 | 1,112 kg/ha | -40.3% |
| 2016 | 1,092 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 1,200 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2018 | 1,206 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 1,201 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 1,194 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 1,150 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 1,037 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2023 | 939.4 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2024 | 862.8 kg/ha | -8.2% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 862.8 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7,830 kg/ha, 11% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 862.8 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,327 kg/ha, 14% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Okra — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +115.9% | 873.5 kg/ha | 1,886 kg/ha |
| 2011 | -68.0% | 2,728 kg/ha | 873.5 kg/ha |
| 1989 | +46.9% | 2,040 kg/ha | 2,996 kg/ha |
| 2015 | -40.3% | 1,862 kg/ha | 1,112 kg/ha |
| 1990 | -32.5% | 2,996 kg/ha | 2,023 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,698 kg/ha | 1,567 kg/ha | 1,852 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,992 kg/ha | 1,812 kg/ha | 2,139 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,195 kg/ha | 1,960 kg/ha | 2,996 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,389 kg/ha | 2,023 kg/ha | 2,614 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,690 kg/ha | 2,572 kg/ha | 2,977 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,489 kg/ha | 873.5 kg/ha | 2,728 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,037 kg/ha | 862.8 kg/ha | 1,194 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 okra — yield in Nigeria?
- Okra — yield in Nigeria was 862.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 2,996 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest okra — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 862.8 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Nigeria rank for okra — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 52nd out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.7%. 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 Okra — 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.