Grand Total — Food supply in Nigeria
Nigeria: Grand Total — Food supply was 2,470 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Grand Total — Food supply in Nigeria, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for grand total — food supply in Nigeria is 2,470 kcal/cap/d, measured 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 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grand total — food supply in Nigeria peaked at 2,566 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2,470 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
Nigeria ranks 144th of 164 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Grand Total — Food supply in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,566 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,529 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 2,511 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 2,502 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 2,562 kcal/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 2,561 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,562 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,559 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,520 kcal/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 2,534 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 2,498 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 2,547 kcal/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 2,521 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 2,470 kcal/cap/d | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,541 kcal/cap/d | 2,502 kcal/cap/d | 2,566 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,509 kcal/cap/d | 2,470 kcal/cap/d | 2,547 kcal/cap/d | 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)
- 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 grand total — food supply in Nigeria?
- Grand total — food supply in Nigeria was 2,470 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grand total — food supply recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 2,566 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest grand total — food supply recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,470 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Nigeria rank for grand total — food supply?
- Nigeria ranks 144th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is grand total — food supply rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. 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 Grand Total — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). 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.