Butter, Ghee — Food supply in Nigeria
Nigeria: Butter, Ghee — Food supply was 95,527 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Butter, Ghee — Food supply in Nigeria, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 95,527 million Kcal for butter, ghee — food supply in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 3.6% on the previous year and down 27.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter, ghee — food supply in Nigeria peaked at 157,541 million Kcal in 2014 and was at its lowest, 95,527 million Kcal, in 2023.
That places Nigeria 64th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Butter, Ghee — Food supply in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 119,781 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 129,781 million Kcal | +8.3% |
| 2012 | 130,282 million Kcal | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 130,950 million Kcal | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 157,541 million Kcal | +20.3% |
| 2015 | 123,909 million Kcal | -21.3% |
| 2016 | 116,504 million Kcal | -6.0% |
| 2017 | 105,506 million Kcal | -9.4% |
| 2018 | 98,938 million Kcal | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 103,227 million Kcal | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 116,868 million Kcal | +13.2% |
| 2021 | 100,672 million Kcal | -13.9% |
| 2022 | 99,142 million Kcal | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 95,527 million Kcal | -3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 121,642 million Kcal | 98,938 million Kcal | 157,541 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 103,052 million Kcal | 95,527 million Kcal | 116,868 million Kcal | 4 |
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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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is butter, ghee — food supply in Nigeria?
- Butter, ghee — food supply in Nigeria was 95,527 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter, ghee — food supply recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 157,541 million Kcal in 2014.
- What is the lowest butter, ghee — food supply recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 95,527 million Kcal in 2023.
- How does Nigeria rank for butter, ghee — food supply?
- Nigeria ranks 64th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is butter, ghee — food supply rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.1%. 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 Butter, Ghee — Food supply (kcal). 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.