Alcoholic Beverages — Food in Nigeria
Nigeria: Alcoholic Beverages — Food was 2,820 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Alcoholic Beverages — Food in Nigeria, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 2,820 1000 t for alcoholic beverages — food in 2023.
The figure is down 5.0% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, alcoholic beverages — food in Nigeria peaked at 4,640 1000 t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2,620 1000 t, in 2019.
That places Nigeria 23rd out of 193 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Alcoholic Beverages — Food in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,640 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 2,967 1000 t | -36.1% |
| 2012 | 3,073 1000 t | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 3,203 1000 t | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 3,360 1000 t | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 3,452 1000 t | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 3,478 1000 t | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 3,347 1000 t | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 2,645 1000 t | -21.0% |
| 2019 | 2,620 1000 t | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 2,975 1000 t | +13.5% |
| 2021 | 2,923 1000 t | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 2,968 1000 t | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 2,820 1000 t | -5.0% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 2,820 1000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 111 1000 t, 25.4× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 2,820 1000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 309 1000 t, 9.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Alcoholic Beverages — Food 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | -36.1% | 4,640 1000 t | 2,967 1000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3,278 1000 t | 2,620 1000 t | 4,640 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,922 1000 t | 2,820 1000 t | 2,975 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 20 Republic of Korea 3,109 1000 t compare
- 21 United Republic of Tanzania 3,040 1000 t compare
- 22 Thailand 2,865 1000 t compare
- 24 Australia and New Zealand 2,789 1000 t compare
- 25 Argentina 2,691 1000 t compare
- 26 Colombia 2,557 1000 t compare
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 alcoholic beverages — food in Nigeria?
- Alcoholic beverages — food in Nigeria was 2,820 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest alcoholic beverages — food recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 4,640 1000 t in 2010.
- What is the lowest alcoholic beverages — food recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,620 1000 t in 2019.
- How does Nigeria rank for alcoholic beverages — food?
- Nigeria ranks 23rd out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is alcoholic beverages — food rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Alcoholic Beverages — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.