Rice — Yield in Niger
Niger: Rice — Yield was 3,382 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — yield in Niger stood at 3,382 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.0% on the previous year and down 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Niger peaked at 4,732 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,043 kg/ha, in 1961.
Niger ranks 72nd of 114 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Niger, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,043 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,228 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1963 | 1,072 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1964 | 1,260 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1965 | 1,345 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1966 | 2,228 kg/ha | +65.6% |
| 1967 | 2,826 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1968 | 2,553 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1969 | 2,454 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1970 | 2,262 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1971 | 1,596 kg/ha | -29.5% |
| 1972 | 1,850 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1973 | 2,605 kg/ha | +40.8% |
| 1974 | 2,038 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1975 | 1,705 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1976 | 1,323 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1977 | 1,156 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1978 | 1,244 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1979 | 1,217 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 1,488 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1981 | 1,879 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 1982 | 2,040 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1983 | 2,018 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 2,523 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1985 | 2,752 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 2,728 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 2,450 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1988 | 3,006 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1989 | 3,415 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1990 | 3,143 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1991 | 3,560 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1992 | 3,283 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1993 | 2,623 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1994 | 2,214 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1995 | 2,429 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1996 | 1,625 kg/ha | -33.1% |
| 1997 | 2,250 kg/ha | +38.4% |
| 1998 | 2,910 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 1999 | 4,111 kg/ha | +41.3% |
| 2000 | 2,748 kg/ha | -33.2% |
| 2001 | 2,756 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 3,164 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2003 | 3,104 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 3,095 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 3,829 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 2006 | 3,664 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 3,590 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 3,811 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 4,357 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2010 | 3,074 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 2011 | 3,328 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2012 | 4,244 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 2013 | 4,038 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 4,048 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 4,343 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 4,441 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 4,732 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 3,392 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 2019 | 4,554 kg/ha | +34.3% |
| 2020 | 4,176 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2021 | 4,063 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 3,800 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2023 | 3,636 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 3,382 kg/ha | -7.0% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 3,382 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,516 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Niger's 3,382 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,000 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,779 kg/ha | 1,043 kg/ha | 2,826 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,700 kg/ha | 1,156 kg/ha | 2,605 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,430 kg/ha | 1,488 kg/ha | 3,415 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,815 kg/ha | 1,625 kg/ha | 4,111 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,412 kg/ha | 2,748 kg/ha | 4,357 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,019 kg/ha | 3,074 kg/ha | 4,732 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,811 kg/ha | 3,382 kg/ha | 4,176 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 rice — yield in Niger?
- Rice — yield in Niger was 3,382 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 4,732 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,043 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Niger rank for rice — yield?
- Niger ranks 72nd out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice — 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.