All food groups — Phosphorus supply — Value in Nigeria
Nigeria: All food groups — Phosphorus supply — Value was 1,167 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
All food groups — Phosphorus supply — Value in Nigeria, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 1,167 mg/cap/d for all food groups — phosphorus supply — value in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups — phosphorus supply — value in Nigeria peaked at 1,313 mg/cap/d in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,167 mg/cap/d, in 2023.
Nigeria ranks 140th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
All food groups — Phosphorus supply — Value in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,304 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,266 mg/cap/d | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 1,277 mg/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 1,257 mg/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 1,282 mg/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 1,285 mg/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,297 mg/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 1,313 mg/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 1,295 mg/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 1,266 mg/cap/d | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 1,189 mg/cap/d | -6.1% |
| 2021 | 1,200 mg/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 1,189 mg/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 1,167 mg/cap/d | -1.9% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 1,167 mg/cap/d is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,310 mg/cap/d, 89% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 1,167 mg/cap/d is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,167 mg/cap/d, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,284 mg/cap/d | 1,257 mg/cap/d | 1,313 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,186 mg/cap/d | 1,167 mg/cap/d | 1,200 mg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
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 all food groups — phosphorus supply — value in Nigeria?
- All food groups — phosphorus supply — value in Nigeria was 1,167 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest all food groups — phosphorus supply — value recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,313 mg/cap/d in 2017.
- What is the lowest all food groups — phosphorus supply — value recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,167 mg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Nigeria rank for all food groups — phosphorus supply — value?
- Nigeria ranks 140th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups — phosphorus supply — value rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. 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 All food groups — Phosphorus supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.