Vegetables Primary — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 3,499 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — yield in Nigeria is 3,499 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and down 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Nigeria peaked at 5,149 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 3,499 kg/ha, in 2024.
Nigeria ranks 185th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,814 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,983 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1963 | 4,081 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 3,864 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1965 | 3,933 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 4,062 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 4,079 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 4,235 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 4,127 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1970 | 4,096 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 4,230 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 4,058 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1973 | 4,174 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 4,463 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1975 | 4,609 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 4,505 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 4,666 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 4,502 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1979 | 4,640 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 4,694 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 4,755 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 4,685 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 4,480 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1984 | 4,570 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 4,406 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1986 | 4,261 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1987 | 4,527 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1988 | 4,563 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 4,879 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1990 | 4,535 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1991 | 4,245 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1992 | 4,299 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 4,486 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 4,569 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 4,547 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 4,699 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 4,820 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 4,768 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 4,905 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 4,833 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 4,844 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 4,906 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 5,003 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 4,879 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 5,002 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 5,149 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 4,822 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 5,141 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2009 | 5,136 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 5,023 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 4,138 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2012 | 4,436 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 4,290 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 4,969 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2015 | 4,116 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2016 | 3,999 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 4,105 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 3,838 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2019 | 3,842 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 3,803 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 3,760 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 3,561 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 3,593 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 3,499 kg/ha | -2.6% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 3,499 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,200 kg/ha, 29% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 3,499 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,414 kg/ha, 42% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,020 kg/ha | 3,814 kg/ha | 4,235 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,394 kg/ha | 4,058 kg/ha | 4,666 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,582 kg/ha | 4,261 kg/ha | 4,879 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,587 kg/ha | 4,245 kg/ha | 4,905 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,971 kg/ha | 4,822 kg/ha | 5,149 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,276 kg/ha | 3,838 kg/ha | 5,023 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,643 kg/ha | 3,499 kg/ha | 3,803 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 182 Tonga 3,927 kg/ha compare
- 183 Antigua and Barbuda 3,884 kg/ha compare
- 184 Trinidad and Tobago 3,628 kg/ha compare
- 186 Ethiopia PDR 3,260 kg/ha compare
- 187 New Caledonia 1,344 kg/ha compare
- 188 Brunei Darussalam 1,232 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 vegetables primary — yield in Nigeria?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Nigeria was 3,499 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 5,149 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,499 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Nigeria rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 185th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables Primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.