All food groups — Energy supply — Value in Nigeria

Nigeria: All food groups — Energy supply — Value was 2,470 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)
2,470 kcal/cap/d
Change on year
down 2.0%
World rank
152nd
of 177 countries
All-time high
2,559 kcal/cap/d
in 2010
All-time low
2,470 kcal/cap/d
in 2023
Years of data
14
2010–2023

All food groups — Energy supply — Value in Nigeria, 2010–2023

01.0k2.0k3.0k2010201620232010: 2.6k kcal/cap/d2011: 2.5k kcal/cap/d2012: 2.5k kcal/cap/d2013: 2.5k kcal/cap/d2014: 2.6k kcal/cap/d2015: 2.6k kcal/cap/d2016: 2.6k kcal/cap/d2017: 2.6k kcal/cap/d2018: 2.5k kcal/cap/d2019: 2.5k kcal/cap/d2020: 2.5k kcal/cap/d2021: 2.5k kcal/cap/d2022: 2.5k kcal/cap/d2023: 2.5k kcal/cap/d

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.

Analysis

Nigeria recorded 2,470 kcal/cap/d for all food groups — energy supply — value in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.

The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, all food groups — energy supply — value in Nigeria peaked at 2,559 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2,470 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.

That places Nigeria 152nd out of 177 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 2,534 kcal/cap/d 2,495 kcal/cap/d 2,559 kcal/cap/d 10
2020s 2,509 kcal/cap/d 2,470 kcal/cap/d 2,547 kcal/cap/d 4

Countries ranked near Nigeria

  1. 149 Suriname 2,543 kcal/cap/d compare
  2. 150 United Republic of Tanzania 2,518 kcal/cap/d compare
  3. 151 Pakistan 2,514 kcal/cap/d compare
  4. 153 Sierra Leone 2,437 kcal/cap/d compare
  5. 154 Rwanda 2,405 kcal/cap/d compare
  6. 155 Gambia 2,403 kcal/cap/d compare

See the full ranking of 179 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is all food groups — energy supply — value in Nigeria?
All food groups — energy supply — value in Nigeria was 2,470 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest all food groups — energy supply — value recorded in Nigeria?
The highest recorded value was 2,559 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
What is the lowest all food groups — energy supply — value recorded in Nigeria?
The lowest recorded value was 2,470 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
How does Nigeria rank for all food groups — energy supply — value?
Nigeria ranks 152nd out of 177 countries with data for 2023.
Is all food groups — energy supply — value rising or falling in Nigeria?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Nigeria data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of All food groups — Energy supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
All food groups — Energy supply — Value
Unit
kcal/cap/d
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
179 places, 2,425 data points, 2010–2023
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The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.