Papayas — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Papayas — Yield was 9,296 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Papayas — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, papayas — yield in Nigeria stood at 9,296 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — yield in Nigeria peaked at 9,489 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 7,143 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Nigeria 53rd out of 64 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Papayas — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,143 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,143 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 7,143 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 7,143 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 7,500 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 7,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 7,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 7,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 7,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 7,778 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 7,778 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 7,778 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 7,778 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 7,778 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 7,600 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1976 | 7,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 7,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 7,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 7,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 7,273 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1981 | 7,273 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 7,273 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 7,273 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 7,273 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 7,273 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 7,273 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 7,273 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 7,273 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 8,032 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1990 | 7,954 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 8,030 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 8,088 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 8,026 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 8,100 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 8,146 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 8,232 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 8,344 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 8,346 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 8,337 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 8,312 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 8,297 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 8,274 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 8,268 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 8,257 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 8,250 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 8,270 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 8,064 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 8,048 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 8,076 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 8,085 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 8,158 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 8,511 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 9,023 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 9,489 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 9,235 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 9,126 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 9,029 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 8,952 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 8,905 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 9,142 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 9,204 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 9,250 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 9,296 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 9,296 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14,114 kg/ha, 66% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 9,296 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,009 kg/ha, 93% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,341 kg/ha | 7,143 kg/ha | 7,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,689 kg/ha | 7,600 kg/ha | 7,778 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,349 kg/ha | 7,273 kg/ha | 8,032 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,133 kg/ha | 7,954 kg/ha | 8,346 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,238 kg/ha | 8,048 kg/ha | 8,337 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,769 kg/ha | 8,076 kg/ha | 9,489 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,159 kg/ha | 8,905 kg/ha | 9,296 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 50 Paraguay 10,322 kg/ha compare
- 51 Mozambique 10,009 kg/ha compare
- 52 Guinea-Bissau 9,359 kg/ha compare
- 54 Rwanda 9,160 kg/ha compare
- 55 South Africa 9,111 kg/ha compare
- 56 Israel 8,929 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 papayas — yield in Nigeria?
- Papayas — yield in Nigeria was 9,296 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 9,489 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest papayas — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,143 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for papayas — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 53rd out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. 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 Papayas — 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.