Sweet potatoes — Yield in Niger
Niger: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 19,297 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — yield in Niger is 19,297 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 29.0% on the previous year and down 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Niger peaked at 32,816 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3,791 kg/ha, in 1981.
That places Niger 26th out of 112 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.
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Niger, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,269 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,403 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 15,008 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1964 | 14,421 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1965 | 13,392 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1966 | 6,990 kg/ha | -47.8% |
| 1967 | 10,526 kg/ha | +50.6% |
| 1968 | 8,012 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 1969 | 6,952 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1970 | 6,444 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1971 | 6,799 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1972 | 8,062 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1973 | 8,373 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1974 | 6,083 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 1975 | 11,546 kg/ha | +89.8% |
| 1976 | 7,307 kg/ha | -36.7% |
| 1977 | 6,556 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1978 | 6,077 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1979 | 5,932 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 4,225 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 1981 | 3,791 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1982 | 4,936 kg/ha | +30.2% |
| 1983 | 5,714 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1984 | 6,018 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 5,429 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1986 | 5,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 7,000 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 1989 | 9,519 kg/ha | +36.0% |
| 1990 | 8,750 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1991 | 11,232 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 1992 | 10,328 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1993 | 10,216 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 10,946 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1995 | 10,788 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 9,310 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1997 | 18,024 kg/ha | +93.6% |
| 1998 | 15,556 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1999 | 20,625 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 2000 | 14,203 kg/ha | -31.1% |
| 2001 | 15,235 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 14,877 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 21,021 kg/ha | +41.3% |
| 2004 | 17,745 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2005 | 17,189 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 16,088 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2007 | 15,987 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 16,830 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 16,023 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 16,132 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 15,170 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 20,036 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 2013 | 21,161 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 21,970 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 28,444 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 2016 | 24,596 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2017 | 24,958 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 25,221 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 27,781 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2020 | 30,008 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2021 | 32,816 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2022 | 27,162 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2023 | 27,191 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 19,297 kg/ha | -29.0% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 19,297 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 8,630 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Niger's 19,297 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,417 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Yield in Niger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +93.6% | 9,310 kg/ha | 18,024 kg/ha |
| 1975 | +89.8% | 6,083 kg/ha | 11,546 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,108 kg/ha | 6,952 kg/ha | 15,008 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,318 kg/ha | 5,932 kg/ha | 11,546 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,749 kg/ha | 3,791 kg/ha | 9,519 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,577 kg/ha | 8,750 kg/ha | 20,625 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,520 kg/ha | 14,203 kg/ha | 21,021 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,547 kg/ha | 15,170 kg/ha | 28,444 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,295 kg/ha | 19,297 kg/ha | 32,816 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Niger
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4759 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8163 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 47.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 47.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — yield in Niger?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Niger was 19,297 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 32,816 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,791 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Niger rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Niger ranks 26th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.2%. 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 Sweet potatoes — 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.