Rice — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Rice — Yield was 1,996 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — yield in Nigeria is 1,996 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Nigeria peaked at 2,389 kg/ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 892.6 kg/ha, in 1961.
Nigeria ranks 103rd of 127 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,245 kg/ha | 892.6 kg/ha | 1,502 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,626 kg/ha | 1,267 kg/ha | 1,952 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,071 kg/ha | 1,982 kg/ha | 2,389 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,743 kg/ha | 1,416 kg/ha | 2,070 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,487 kg/ha | 1,300 kg/ha | 1,931 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,018 kg/ha | 1,839 kg/ha | 2,161 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,941 kg/ha | 1,856 kg/ha | 1,996 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 100 Cuba 2,063 kg/ha compare
- 101 China, Hong Kong SAR 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 101 Somalia 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 104 Algeria 1,899 kg/ha compare
- 105 Solomon Islands 1,866 kg/ha compare
- 106 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1,834 kg/ha compare
- 106 Micronesia 1,834 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- Agriculture share gdp 22.98 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 22.98 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
- Rural population 36.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 86.04 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 66.82 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 6.91 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Nigeria?
- Rice — yield in Nigeria was 1,996 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 2,389 kg/ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 892.6 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for rice — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 103rd out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. 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 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.