Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — Yield was 2,811 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — Yield in Nigeria, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, other oil seeds, n.e.c. — yield in Nigeria stood at 2,811 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other oil seeds, n.e.c. — yield in Nigeria peaked at 2,811 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 379.4 kg/ha, in 1991.
Nigeria ranks 3rd of 67 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 379.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1992 | 759.9 kg/ha | +100.3% |
| 1993 | 779.8 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 799.7 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 819.7 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 720 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1997 | 765.6 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 750 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 712.5 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 851 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2001 | 1,239 kg/ha | +45.6% |
| 2002 | 2,175 kg/ha | +75.5% |
| 2003 | 1,706 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 2004 | 1,426 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2005 | 2,333 kg/ha | +63.6% |
| 2006 | 2,413 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 1,000 kg/ha | -58.6% |
| 2008 | 2,472 kg/ha | +147.2% |
| 2009 | 2,587 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 2,034 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2011 | 2,250 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2012 | 2,300 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 2,300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,500 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2015 | 2,000 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2016 | 2,333 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2017 | 2,667 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2018 | 2,604 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 2,645 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 2,687 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 2,797 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 2,729 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 2,770 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 2,811 kg/ha | +1.5% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 2,811 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,196 kg/ha, 2.4× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 2,811 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 975.95 kg/ha, 2.9× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +147.2% | 1,000 kg/ha | 2,472 kg/ha |
| 1992 | +100.3% | 379.4 kg/ha | 759.9 kg/ha |
| 2002 | +75.5% | 1,239 kg/ha | 2,175 kg/ha |
| 2005 | +63.6% | 1,426 kg/ha | 2,333 kg/ha |
| 2007 | -58.6% | 2,413 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 720.73 kg/ha | 379.4 kg/ha | 819.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 1,820 kg/ha | 851 kg/ha | 2,587 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,363 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,759 kg/ha | 2,687 kg/ha | 2,811 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 1 Cyprus 9,667 kg/ha compare
- 1 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,458 kg/ha compare
- 2 Niger 3,779 kg/ha compare
- 2 United Republic of Tanzania 1,152 kg/ha compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,083 kg/ha compare
- 4 South Africa 2,774 kg/ha compare
- 5 Cambodia 2,481 kg/ha compare
- 6 Uzbekistan 2,361 kg/ha compare
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 oil seeds, n.e.c. — yield in Nigeria?
- Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — yield in Nigeria was 2,811 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other oil seeds, n.e.c. — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 2,811 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest other oil seeds, n.e.c. — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 379.4 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Nigeria rank for other oil seeds, n.e.c. — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 3rd out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other oil seeds, n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.4%. 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 oil seeds, 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.