Onions and shallots, green — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Onions and shallots, green — Yield was 16,949 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, green — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 16,949 kg/ha for onions and shallots, green — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — yield in Nigeria peaked at 22,329 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 6,000 kg/ha, in 1973.
That places Nigeria 29th out of 59 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, green — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,100 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,300 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 7,400 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 7,600 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 7,800 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 8,000 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 8,200 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 8,300 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 8,300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 8,800 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1971 | 9,000 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 8,000 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1973 | 6,000 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1974 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 8,000 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1976 | 8,500 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1977 | 9,000 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 10,000 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1979 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 10,500 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1987 | 11,000 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 11,500 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 12,000 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 11,932 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 22,329 kg/ha | +87.1% |
| 1992 | 22,123 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 21,917 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 21,712 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 21,506 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 21,300 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 21,094 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 20,888 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 20,682 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 20,628 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 20,303 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 20,000 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 19,878 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 19,709 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 19,600 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 19,217 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 18,750 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 18,348 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 17,920 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 17,509 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 16,857 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 16,000 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2013 | 16,786 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 16,786 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 16,821 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 16,761 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 16,594 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 16,416 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 16,238 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 16,094 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 16,992 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 16,892 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 16,963 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 16,949 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 16,949 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17,527 kg/ha, 97% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 16,949 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,653 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Onions and shallots, green — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +87.1% | 11,932 kg/ha | 22,329 kg/ha |
| 1975 | +33.3% | 6,000 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha |
| 1973 | -25.0% | 8,000 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,778 kg/ha | 7,100 kg/ha | 8,300 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,330 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,500 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,548 kg/ha | 11,932 kg/ha | 22,329 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,435 kg/ha | 17,920 kg/ha | 20,628 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,677 kg/ha | 16,000 kg/ha | 17,509 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,778 kg/ha | 16,094 kg/ha | 16,992 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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 onions and shallots, green — yield in Nigeria?
- Onions and shallots, green — yield in Nigeria was 16,949 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, green — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 22,329 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,000 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Nigeria rank for onions and shallots, green — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 29th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. 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 Onions and shallots, green — 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.