Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Niger
Niger: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 25,485 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — yield in Niger stood at 25,485 kg/ha.
The figure is down 11.3% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Niger peaked at 31,271 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5,230 kg/ha, in 1975.
That places Niger 48th out of 189 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,067 kg/ha | 6,960 kg/ha | 9,138 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,999 kg/ha | 5,230 kg/ha | 8,549 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,443 kg/ha | 6,336 kg/ha | 8,674 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,794 kg/ha | 8,859 kg/ha | 18,165 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,835 kg/ha | 15,070 kg/ha | 20,438 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,518 kg/ha | 12,785 kg/ha | 28,602 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,184 kg/ha | 25,485 kg/ha | 31,271 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Niger
- Agriculture share gdp 47.59 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 47.59 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
- Rural population 81.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.8% (2025)
- Rural population 22.79 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 47.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 1,083 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Niger?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Niger was 25,485 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 31,271 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,230 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does Niger rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Niger ranks 48th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.