Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in Nigeria
Nigeria: Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell was 2,691 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in Nigeria, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 2,691 kg/ha for other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in Nigeria peaked at 2,777 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 340.8 kg/ha, in 1996.
That places Nigeria 21st out of 64 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 2,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,400 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1991 | 2,000 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1992 | 1,600 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1993 | 1,200 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1994 | 906 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 1995 | 611.8 kg/ha | -32.5% |
| 1996 | 340.8 kg/ha | -44.3% |
| 1997 | 353.5 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 381.7 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1999 | 1,486 kg/ha | +289.2% |
| 2000 | 1,742 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2001 | 1,820 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 1,880 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 1,937 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 1,985 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 2,020 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 2,038 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 2,037 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 2,259 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2009 | 2,364 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 2,500 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 2,456 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 2,530 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 2,618 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 2,694 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 2,679 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 2,678 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,684 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 2,692 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,704 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 2,720 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 2,647 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 2,777 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 2,687 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 2,691 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 2,691 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,603 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 2,691 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,316 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +289.2% | 381.7 kg/ha | 1,486 kg/ha |
| 1996 | -44.3% | 611.8 kg/ha | 340.8 kg/ha |
| 1995 | -32.5% | 906 kg/ha | 611.8 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 1,128 kg/ha | 340.8 kg/ha | 2,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,008 kg/ha | 1,742 kg/ha | 2,364 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,624 kg/ha | 2,456 kg/ha | 2,704 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,704 kg/ha | 2,647 kg/ha | 2,777 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 other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in Nigeria?
- Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in Nigeria was 2,691 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 2,777 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 340.8 kg/ha in 1996.
- How does Nigeria rank for other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell?
- Nigeria ranks 21st out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. 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 Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell, n.e.c. — 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.