Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 6,458 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — yield in Nigeria stood at 6,458 kg/ha.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Nigeria peaked at 11,049 kg/ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 6,280 kg/ha, in 2020.
That places Nigeria 165th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,554 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,878 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1963 | 8,634 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1964 | 8,355 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1965 | 8,744 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1966 | 8,881 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 8,966 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 8,327 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1969 | 9,225 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1970 | 9,752 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1971 | 8,453 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1972 | 8,048 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 8,087 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 9,591 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1975 | 10,074 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 9,592 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1977 | 10,039 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 11,049 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1979 | 10,382 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1980 | 9,602 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1981 | 7,454 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1982 | 7,578 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 7,368 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 7,740 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 8,574 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1986 | 8,495 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 8,978 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 10,431 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1989 | 10,210 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 10,883 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1991 | 10,017 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1992 | 10,573 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 10,561 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 10,574 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 10,120 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 10,117 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 10,760 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1998 | 9,710 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1999 | 8,659 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2000 | 8,704 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 8,582 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 8,783 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 9,203 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 9,701 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 9,855 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 10,527 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 9,138 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2008 | 10,030 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2009 | 9,467 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 10,350 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 8,141 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 2012 | 6,922 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2013 | 6,424 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 7,132 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2015 | 6,873 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 8,247 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2017 | 8,281 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 8,734 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 6,281 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 2020 | 6,280 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 6,374 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 6,580 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 6,633 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 6,458 kg/ha | -2.6% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 6,458 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 13,513 kg/ha, 48% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 6,458 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,054 kg/ha, 71% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,618 kg/ha | 7,878 kg/ha | 9,225 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,507 kg/ha | 8,048 kg/ha | 11,049 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,643 kg/ha | 7,368 kg/ha | 10,431 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,198 kg/ha | 8,659 kg/ha | 10,883 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,399 kg/ha | 8,582 kg/ha | 10,527 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,739 kg/ha | 6,281 kg/ha | 10,350 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,465 kg/ha | 6,280 kg/ha | 6,633 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 roots and tubers, total — yield in Nigeria?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Nigeria was 6,458 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 Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 11,049 kg/ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,280 kg/ha in 2020.
- How does Nigeria rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 165th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nigeria 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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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.