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 92nd of 114 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 892.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,179 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 1963 | 1,204 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 1,229 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 1,229 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,244 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 1,470 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1968 | 1,502 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 1,260 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1970 | 1,345 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1971 | 1,276 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1972 | 1,886 kg/ha | +47.8% |
| 1973 | 1,306 kg/ha | -30.8% |
| 1974 | 1,952 kg/ha | +49.5% |
| 1975 | 1,931 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 1,267 kg/ha | -34.4% |
| 1977 | 1,658 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 1978 | 1,764 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1979 | 1,875 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1980 | 1,982 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 2,068 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 2,083 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 2,032 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 2,000 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 2,134 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1986 | 2,023 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1987 | 2,389 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1988 | 1,999 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1989 | 1,999 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,070 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 1,953 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 1,959 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 1,960 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,416 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 1995 | 1,626 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1996 | 1,750 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1997 | 1,596 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1998 | 1,602 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 1,496 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2000 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 1,300 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2002 | 1,340 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 1,410 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 1,420 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 1,430 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 1,483 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 1,300 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2008 | 1,754 kg/ha | +35.0% |
| 2009 | 1,931 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 1,839 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 2,032 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2012 | 1,897 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2013 | 1,984 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 2,161 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2015 | 2,074 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 2,004 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 2,081 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 2,067 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 2,044 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 1,948 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 1,931 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 1,856 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 1,974 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2024 | 1,996 kg/ha | +1.1% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 1,996 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,692 kg/ha, 54% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 1,996 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,000 kg/ha, 100% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Yield in Nigeria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +49.5% | 1,306 kg/ha | 1,952 kg/ha |
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 |
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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 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 92nd out of 114 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.