Fish, shellfish and their products — Potassium supply — Value in Nigeria
Nigeria: Fish, shellfish and their products — Potassium supply — Value was 34 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fish, shellfish and their products — Potassium supply — Value in Nigeria, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, fish, shellfish and their products — potassium supply — value in Nigeria stood at 34 mg/cap/d. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 44.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fish, shellfish and their products — potassium supply — value in Nigeria peaked at 69 mg/cap/d in 2011 and was at its lowest, 34 mg/cap/d, in 2023.
Nigeria ranks 123rd 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.
Fish, shellfish and their products — Potassium supply — Value in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 63 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 69 mg/cap/d | +9.5% |
| 2012 | 62 mg/cap/d | -10.1% |
| 2013 | 61 mg/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 60 mg/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 53 mg/cap/d | -11.7% |
| 2016 | 44 mg/cap/d | -17.0% |
| 2017 | 43 mg/cap/d | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 42 mg/cap/d | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 42 mg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 43 mg/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 35 mg/cap/d | -18.6% |
| 2022 | 35 mg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 34 mg/cap/d | -2.9% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 34 mg/cap/d is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 47 mg/cap/d, 72% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 34 mg/cap/d is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 51 mg/cap/d, 67% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 53.9 mg/cap/d | 42 mg/cap/d | 69 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.75 mg/cap/d | 34 mg/cap/d | 43 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 fish, shellfish and their products — potassium supply — value in Nigeria?
- Fish, shellfish and their products — potassium supply — value in Nigeria was 34 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fish, shellfish and their products — potassium supply — value recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 69 mg/cap/d in 2011.
- What is the lowest fish, shellfish and their products — potassium supply — value recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 34 mg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Nigeria rank for fish, shellfish and their products — potassium supply — value?
- Nigeria ranks 123rd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fish, shellfish and their products — potassium supply — value rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.3%. 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 Fish, shellfish and their products — Potassium 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.