Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Niger
Niger: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield was 310.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Niger, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Niger is 310.9 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Niger peaked at 411.1 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 310.9 kg/ha, in 2024.
Niger ranks 41st of 43 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Niger, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 384.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1992 | 400 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1993 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 399 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 399 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 400 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 398.5 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 400 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 393.8 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 400 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 411.1 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 400 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 410.5 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 315.7 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 2012 | 333.3 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 315.7 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 315.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 331.8 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 320.7 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 322.1 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 322.9 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 319.3 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 316.2 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 319 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 315.9 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 313.4 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 310.9 kg/ha | -0.8% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 310.9 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 747.4 kg/ha, 42% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Niger's 310.9 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 769.65 kg/ha, 40% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 398.29 kg/ha | 384.6 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 400.14 kg/ha | 393.8 kg/ha | 411.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 330.77 kg/ha | 315.7 kg/ha | 410.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 315.08 kg/ha | 310.9 kg/ha | 319 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Niger
More agriculture & rural data for Niger
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4759 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8163 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 47.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 47.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Niger?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Niger was 310.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 411.1 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 310.9 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Niger rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield?
- Niger ranks 41st out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — 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.