Groundnuts — Food in Nigeria
Nigeria: Groundnuts — Food was 1,867 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts — Food in Nigeria, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts — food in Nigeria is 1,867 1000 t, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and up 274.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts — food in Nigeria peaked at 1,977 1000 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 499 1000 t, in 2013.
That places Nigeria 4th out of 182 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,275 1000 t | 499 1000 t | 1,912 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,856 1000 t | 1,780 1000 t | 1,977 1000 t | 4 |
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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)
- Bananas — Production 6.91 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts — food in Nigeria?
- Groundnuts — food in Nigeria was 1,867 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts — food recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,977 1000 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest groundnuts — food recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 499 1000 t in 2013.
- How does Nigeria rank for groundnuts — food?
- Nigeria ranks 4th out of 182 countries with data for 2023.
- Is groundnuts — food rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 274.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnuts — Food. 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.