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 31st out of 65 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.
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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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 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 31st out of 65 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.