Cereal yield (kg per hectare)

Definition

Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.

Type of figure

Official statistic. Published by a national authority, such as the statistics office or the central bank, and compiled by the source shown.

Updated

Yearly

Compiled from

FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators (AG.YLD.CREL.KG)

Licence

CC-BY-4.0

Version

Dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026

Cite this

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator AG.YLD.CREL.KG. Retrieved via DataNigeria (dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026). Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

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