Average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — Value in Nigeria
Nigeria: Average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — Value was 58.1 g/cap/d in 2021. ▬ Flat
Average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — Value in Nigeria, 2000–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2021, average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — value in Nigeria stood at 58.1 g/cap/d. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — value in Nigeria peaked at 64 g/cap/d in 2007 and was at its lowest, 58.1 g/cap/d, in 2021.
That places Nigeria 162nd out of 182 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 61.65 g/cap/d | 58.7 g/cap/d | 64 g/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 60.43 g/cap/d | 59 g/cap/d | 61.2 g/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.35 g/cap/d | 58.1 g/cap/d | 58.6 g/cap/d | 2 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 159 United Republic of Tanzania 59.6 g/cap/d compare
- 160 Eswatini 59.1 g/cap/d compare
- 161 Gambia 58.5 g/cap/d compare
- 163 Sierra Leone 57.9 g/cap/d compare
- 164 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 57.8 g/cap/d compare
- 165 Guinea 57.7 g/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- Agriculture share gdp 22.98 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 22.98 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
- Rural population 36.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 86.04 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 66.82 billion current US$ (2025)
- Cereal yield vs gdp per capita 1.56 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — value in Nigeria?
- Average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — value in Nigeria was 58.1 g/cap/d in 2021, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — value recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 64 g/cap/d in 2007.
- What is the lowest average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — value recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.1 g/cap/d in 2021.
- How does Nigeria rank for average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — value?
- Nigeria ranks 162nd out of 182 countries with data for 2021.
- Is average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. 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 Average protein supply (g/cap/day) (3-year average) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.