Yams — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Yams — Yield was 8,149 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — yield in Nigeria stood at 8,149 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Nigeria peaked at 13,011 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 5,628 kg/ha, in 1983.
That places Nigeria 35th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,778 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,778 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 8,182 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1964 | 8,333 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 8,571 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 9,416 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1967 | 10,124 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1968 | 7,709 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 1969 | 9,382 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1970 | 9,728 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 7,901 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1972 | 7,403 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1973 | 7,315 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 10,671 kg/ha | +45.9% |
| 1975 | 11,110 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1976 | 9,655 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1977 | 11,050 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1978 | 12,272 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1979 | 10,927 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1980 | 10,538 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1981 | 5,628 kg/ha | -46.6% |
| 1982 | 5,633 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 5,628 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 5,637 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 5,640 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 5,637 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 6,506 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1988 | 9,767 kg/ha | +50.1% |
| 1989 | 10,433 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1990 | 10,677 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 10,345 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 11,349 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1993 | 11,349 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 11,400 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 10,773 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1996 | 10,682 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 11,048 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 9,435 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1999 | 9,902 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 9,898 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 9,799 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 9,990 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 10,501 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 11,201 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 11,498 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 12,099 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 9,970 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2008 | 11,500 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2009 | 10,480 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2010 | 13,011 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 2011 | 7,404 kg/ha | -43.1% |
| 2012 | 7,201 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 7,000 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 8,195 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2015 | 8,183 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 9,160 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2017 | 9,386 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 10,200 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2019 | 7,807 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 2020 | 7,905 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 7,986 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 8,182 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 8,194 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 8,149 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 8,149 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8,594 kg/ha, 95% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 8,149 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,698 kg/ha, 94% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +50.1% | 6,506 kg/ha | 9,767 kg/ha |
| 1981 | -46.6% | 10,538 kg/ha | 5,628 kg/ha |
| 1974 | +45.9% | 7,315 kg/ha | 10,671 kg/ha |
| 2011 | -43.1% | 13,011 kg/ha | 7,404 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,586 kg/ha | 7,709 kg/ha | 10,124 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,803 kg/ha | 7,315 kg/ha | 12,272 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,105 kg/ha | 5,628 kg/ha | 10,538 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,696 kg/ha | 9,435 kg/ha | 11,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,694 kg/ha | 9,799 kg/ha | 12,099 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,755 kg/ha | 7,000 kg/ha | 13,011 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,083 kg/ha | 7,905 kg/ha | 8,194 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 yams — yield in Nigeria?
- Yams — yield in Nigeria was 8,149 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 13,011 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,628 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Nigeria rank for yams — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 35th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — 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.