Sorghum — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Sorghum — Yield was 1,066 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 1,066 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 5.1% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Nigeria peaked at 1,633 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 524.1 kg/ha, in 1969.
Nigeria ranks 76th of 111 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.
Sorghum — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 849.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 942.6 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1963 | 775.7 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1964 | 764.6 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 713.3 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1966 | 680.6 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1967 | 715.7 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1968 | 629.8 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1969 | 524.1 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1970 | 709.1 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 1971 | 704.3 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 606.2 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1973 | 601.2 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 1,017 kg/ha | +69.2% |
| 1975 | 1,070 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 608.9 kg/ha | -43.1% |
| 1977 | 944.3 kg/ha | +55.1% |
| 1978 | 701.7 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 1979 | 1,041 kg/ha | +48.4% |
| 1980 | 1,123 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1981 | 1,620 kg/ha | +44.3% |
| 1982 | 1,633 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 1,620 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 1,045 kg/ha | -35.5% |
| 1985 | 1,010 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 1,054 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 1,063 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 1,085 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 975.2 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1990 | 1,000 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 969.1 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 1,080 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1993 | 1,080 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,080 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,148 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1996 | 1,144 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 1,108 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 1,133 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 1,126 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 1,120 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 1,100 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 1,100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,156 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 1,220 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 1,260 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 1,350 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 1,160 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2008 | 1,223 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 1,114 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2010 | 1,440 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 2011 | 1,221 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2012 | 1,144 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 972.7 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2014 | 1,207 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 2015 | 1,188 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 1,381 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2017 | 1,192 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2018 | 1,208 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 1,235 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 1,136 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2021 | 1,134 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,194 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2023 | 1,123 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2024 | 1,066 kg/ha | -5.1% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 1,066 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 1,066 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — 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 | +69.2% | 601.2 kg/ha | 1,017 kg/ha |
| 1977 | +55.1% | 608.9 kg/ha | 944.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 732.9 kg/ha | 524.1 kg/ha | 942.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 800.46 kg/ha | 601.2 kg/ha | 1,070 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,223 kg/ha | 975.2 kg/ha | 1,633 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,087 kg/ha | 969.1 kg/ha | 1,148 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,180 kg/ha | 1,100 kg/ha | 1,350 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,219 kg/ha | 972.7 kg/ha | 1,440 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,131 kg/ha | 1,066 kg/ha | 1,194 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 73 Japan 1,111 kg/ha compare
- 74 Honduras 1,088 kg/ha compare
- 75 Kazakhstan 1,084 kg/ha compare
- 77 Malawi 1,053 kg/ha compare
- 78 Burkina Faso 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 78 China, Taiwan Province of 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 78 Eswatini 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 78 Sierra Leone 1,000 kg/ha compare
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 sorghum — yield in Nigeria?
- Sorghum — yield in Nigeria was 1,066 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,633 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 524.1 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Nigeria rank for sorghum — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 76th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. 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 Sorghum — 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.