Other pulses n.e.c. — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Other pulses n.e.c. — Yield was 448.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Other pulses n.e.c. — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for other pulses n.e.c. — yield in Nigeria is 448.3 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — yield in Nigeria peaked at 472.7 kg/ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 387 kg/ha, in 1991.
Nigeria ranks 106th of 114 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 440.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 440.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 442.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 449 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 455.4 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 460.8 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 460.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 471.2 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 453.7 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 453.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 449.5 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 449.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 454.5 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 472.7 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 472.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 454.5 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1978 | 472.7 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1979 | 460.9 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 460.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 460.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 466.1 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 416.7 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1984 | 416.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 416.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 416.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 416.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 416.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 416.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 416.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 387 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1992 | 389.4 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 391.8 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 394.2 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 396.6 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 399 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 401.4 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 403.9 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 406.3 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 408.7 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 411.1 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 413.5 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 415.9 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 415.7 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 410.4 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 408 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 407.7 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 450 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2009 | 458.3 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 430.8 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2011 | 430.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 461.5 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 457.1 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 450.8 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 453.5 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 452.8 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 452.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 453.6 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 457.2 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 439.5 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 450 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 448.8 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 446.1 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 448.3 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 448.3 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 859 kg/ha, 52% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 448.3 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 837.15 kg/ha, 54% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 453.62 kg/ha | 440.9 kg/ha | 471.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 459.44 kg/ha | 449.5 kg/ha | 472.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 430.48 kg/ha | 416.7 kg/ha | 466.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 398.58 kg/ha | 387 kg/ha | 416.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 419.93 kg/ha | 407.7 kg/ha | 458.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 450.09 kg/ha | 430.8 kg/ha | 461.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 446.54 kg/ha | 439.5 kg/ha | 450 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 pulses n.e.c. — yield in Nigeria?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — yield in Nigeria was 448.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other pulses n.e.c. — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 472.7 kg/ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 387 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Nigeria rank for other pulses n.e.c. — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 106th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Other pulses n.e.c. — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.