Cereal yield in Niger

Cereal farms in Niger harvested 577 kg per hectare in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 1964.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Niger, 2024 577 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2023 +18.1% 2023: 489 kg per hectare
World, 2023 4,229 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Niger (2024).
Position in 2024 173rd of 176 See the full ranking

Cereal yield in Niger over time

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Kilograms per hectare. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Cereal yield (kilograms per hectare), 2000 to 2024
Period NigerWorld
2024 577 kg per hectare –
2023 489 kg per hectare 4,229 kg per hectare
2022 560 kg per hectare 4,186 kg per hectare
2021 361 kg per hectare 4,176 kg per hectare
2020 552 kg per hectare 4,118 kg per hectare
2019 502 kg per hectare 4,122 kg per hectare
2018 555 kg per hectare 4,022 kg per hectare
2017 542 kg per hectare 4,067 kg per hectare
2016 537 kg per hectare 4,018 kg per hectare
2015 551 kg per hectare 3,932 kg per hectare
2014 447 kg per hectare 3,893 kg per hectare
2013 408 kg per hectare 3,830 kg per hectare
2012 520 kg per hectare 3,612 kg per hectare
2011 363 kg per hectare 3,656 kg per hectare
2010 495 kg per hectare 3,563 kg per hectare
2009 386 kg per hectare 3,558 kg per hectare
2008 497 kg per hectare 3,545 kg per hectare
2007 425 kg per hectare 3,371 kg per hectare
2006 450 kg per hectare 3,281 kg per hectare
2005 437 kg per hectare 3,276 kg per hectare
2004 342 kg per hectare 3,359 kg per hectare
2003 430 kg per hectare 3,119 kg per hectare
2002 423 kg per hectare 3,076 kg per hectare
2001 394 kg per hectare 3,133 kg per hectare
2000 289 kg per hectare 3,061 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +18.1% from 489 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 447 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +29.2%.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, Niger has the 173rd highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Niger
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
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CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)