Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) vs Nigeria: Palm oil — Production

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
2.68 million t
in 2023
Nigeria
1.46 million t
in 2023
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank
6th
Nigeria rank
5th

Palm oil — Production over time

  • Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
  • Nigeria
500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2.5M196119922023

How they compare

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) currently reports 2.68 million t against 1.46 million t in Nigeria, a difference of 1.22 million t.

That makes Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)'s figure about 1.8 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 6th and Nigeria ranks 5th of 19 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) averaged higher in 5 and Nigeria in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 407,941 t 651,444 t 243,504 t Nigeria
1970s 522,183 t 509,600 t 12,583 t Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
1980s 651,624 t 606,000 t 45,624 t Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
1990s 871,021 t 813,100 t 57,921 t Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
2000s 1.08 million t 1.12 million t 39,159 t Nigeria
2010s 1.91 million t 1.18 million t 730,715 t Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
2020s 2.59 million t 1.38 million t 1.22 million t Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher palm oil — production, Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) or Nigeria?
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), at 2.68 million t against 1.46 million t in Nigeria as of 2023.
What is the difference in palm oil — production between Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) and Nigeria?
1.22 million t, with Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) and Nigeria?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) and Nigeria rank globally for palm oil — production?
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 6th and Nigeria ranks 5th of 19 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Palm oil — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Palm oil — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
72 places, 3,979 data points, 1961–2023
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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.