Sugar cane — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Sugar cane — Yield was 17,049 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar cane — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — yield in Nigeria stood at 17,049 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Nigeria peaked at 41,071 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 16,832 kg/ha, in 2020.
That places Nigeria 97th out of 103 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.
Sugar cane — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,571 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 24,667 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 27,895 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1964 | 30,261 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1965 | 33,482 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1966 | 32,667 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 35,600 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1968 | 36,333 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 37,032 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 37,938 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 37,529 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 38,057 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 37,454 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1974 | 38,286 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 38,889 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 38,684 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 38,250 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 38,500 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 38,810 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 39,546 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 40,261 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 40,000 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 40,500 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 40,049 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 40,280 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 40,045 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 39,910 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 40,000 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 40,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 41,071 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 40,000 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 40,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 38,025 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1994 | 33,760 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1995 | 30,566 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1996 | 29,212 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 30,822 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1998 | 29,348 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1999 | 28,417 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 28,958 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 30,652 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 18,750 kg/ha | -38.8% |
| 2003 | 19,000 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 19,860 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 20,773 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 21,000 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 23,905 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2008 | 19,642 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2009 | 19,185 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 22,088 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2011 | 20,176 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2012 | 19,102 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 18,350 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 17,265 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 17,055 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 17,218 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 17,725 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 16,957 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 17,402 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 16,832 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 17,060 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 17,094 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 16,994 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 17,049 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 17,049 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 56,789 kg/ha, 30% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 17,049 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 62,436 kg/ha, 27% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | -38.8% | 30,652 kg/ha | 18,750 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,390 kg/ha | 24,571 kg/ha | 37,032 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 38,240 kg/ha | 37,454 kg/ha | 38,889 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 40,059 kg/ha | 39,546 kg/ha | 40,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,122 kg/ha | 28,417 kg/ha | 41,071 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,173 kg/ha | 18,750 kg/ha | 30,652 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,334 kg/ha | 16,957 kg/ha | 22,088 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,006 kg/ha | 16,832 kg/ha | 17,094 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
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 sugar cane — yield in Nigeria?
- Sugar cane — yield in Nigeria was 17,049 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 41,071 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,832 kg/ha in 2020.
- How does Nigeria rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 97th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.