Wheat — Yield in Niger
Niger: Wheat — Yield was 3,069 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in Niger is 3,069 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.1% on the previous year and up 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Niger peaked at 3,444 kg/ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 666.7 kg/ha, in 1968.
Niger ranks 65th of 124 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.
Wheat — Yield in Niger, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,227 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,200 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1963 | 1,277 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1964 | 1,170 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1965 | 856.4 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 1966 | 1,225 kg/ha | +43.0% |
| 1967 | 1,240 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 666.7 kg/ha | -46.2% |
| 1969 | 981.6 kg/ha | +47.2% |
| 1970 | 907 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1971 | 906.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 1,285 kg/ha | +41.8% |
| 1973 | 935.8 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 1974 | 1,018 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1975 | 1,286 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 1976 | 1,111 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1977 | 1,583 kg/ha | +42.5% |
| 1978 | 2,304 kg/ha | +45.5% |
| 1979 | 1,089 kg/ha | -52.7% |
| 1980 | 1,000 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1981 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,048 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 1,190 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1984 | 1,911 kg/ha | +60.5% |
| 1985 | 1,980 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 1,980 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,500 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 1988 | 1,000 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1989 | 1,143 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1990 | 2,889 kg/ha | +152.8% |
| 1991 | 2,600 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1992 | 2,800 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 2,200 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1994 | 2,880 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 1995 | 3,444 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1996 | 2,125 kg/ha | -38.3% |
| 1997 | 2,000 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1998 | 2,205 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1999 | 2,112 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 2,005 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 1,878 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2002 | 1,061 kg/ha | -43.5% |
| 2003 | 1,710 kg/ha | +61.2% |
| 2004 | 1,719 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 1,744 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 1,499 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2007 | 1,489 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 1,825 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 2009 | 1,892 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 1,991 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 1,977 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 1,654 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2013 | 3,009 kg/ha | +82.0% |
| 2014 | 2,513 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2015 | 2,066 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2016 | 2,008 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 2,754 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 2018 | 2,962 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 2,837 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 2,891 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 2,864 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 2,934 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 3,199 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2024 | 3,069 kg/ha | -4.1% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 3,069 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,628 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Niger's 3,069 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,725 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +152.8% | 1,143 kg/ha | 2,889 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,094 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 1,277 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,243 kg/ha | 906.3 kg/ha | 2,304 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,375 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,980 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,525 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 3,444 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,682 kg/ha | 1,061 kg/ha | 2,005 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,377 kg/ha | 1,654 kg/ha | 3,009 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,992 kg/ha | 2,864 kg/ha | 3,199 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 wheat — yield in Niger?
- Wheat — yield in Niger was 3,069 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 3,444 kg/ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 666.7 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Niger rank for wheat — yield?
- Niger ranks 65th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — 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.