Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Niger
Niger: Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield was 2,298 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Niger stood at 2,298 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Niger peaked at 5,927 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 264.3 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Niger 35th out of 128 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Niger, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 411.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 420.4 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 401.6 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1964 | 463.4 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1965 | 457.9 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 442.6 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1967 | 339.9 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 1968 | 264.3 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1969 | 444.4 kg/ha | +68.1% |
| 1970 | 361.1 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1971 | 373.3 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 396.8 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1973 | 386.9 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 400 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 444.4 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 363.6 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1977 | 333.3 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1978 | 385.2 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1979 | 800 kg/ha | +107.7% |
| 1980 | 833.3 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1981 | 800 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1982 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 745.5 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1984 | 708.3 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 666.7 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1986 | 692.3 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 707.7 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 715.4 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 678.6 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1990 | 703.9 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1991 | 3,372 kg/ha | +379.1% |
| 1992 | 2,250 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1993 | 3,303 kg/ha | +46.8% |
| 1994 | 2,778 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1995 | 3,575 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 1996 | 3,186 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1997 | 3,655 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1998 | 4,083 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1999 | 5,927 kg/ha | +45.1% |
| 2000 | 3,939 kg/ha | -33.5% |
| 2001 | 2,836 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 2002 | 2,798 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 3,714 kg/ha | +32.7% |
| 2004 | 897 kg/ha | -75.9% |
| 2005 | 2,404 kg/ha | +168.0% |
| 2006 | 2,387 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 2,370 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 2,423 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 2,420 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 2,408 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 2,407 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,419 kg/ha | -41.0% |
| 2013 | 3,341 kg/ha | +135.4% |
| 2014 | 2,495 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 2015 | 2,475 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 2,425 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 2,369 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 2,339 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 2,262 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 2,261 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,300 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 2,325 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 2,311 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 2,298 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 2,298 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,050 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Niger's 2,298 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 887.1 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unmanufactured tobacco — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +379.1% | 703.9 kg/ha | 3,372 kg/ha |
| 2005 | +168.0% | 897 kg/ha | 2,404 kg/ha |
| 2013 | +135.4% | 1,419 kg/ha | 3,341 kg/ha |
| 1979 | +107.7% | 385.2 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha |
| 2004 | -75.9% | 3,714 kg/ha | 897 kg/ha |
| 1969 | +68.1% | 264.3 kg/ha | 444.4 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 405.08 kg/ha | 264.3 kg/ha | 463.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 424.46 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 734.78 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 833.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,283 kg/ha | 703.9 kg/ha | 5,927 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,619 kg/ha | 897 kg/ha | 3,939 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,394 kg/ha | 1,419 kg/ha | 3,341 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,299 kg/ha | 2,261 kg/ha | 2,325 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 32 Azerbaijan 2,441 kg/ha compare
- 33 Republic of Korea 2,406 kg/ha compare
- 34 Bangladesh 2,391 kg/ha compare
- 36 Cambodia 2,263 kg/ha compare
- 37 Portugal 2,250 kg/ha compare
- 38 China, Taiwan Province of 2,214 kg/ha compare
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 unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Niger?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Niger was 2,298 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 5,927 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 264.3 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Niger rank for unmanufactured tobacco — yield?
- Niger ranks 35th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — yield rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.