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 194 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.
Groundnuts — Food in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 889 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 993 1000 t | +11.7% |
| 2012 | 651 1000 t | -34.4% |
| 2013 | 499 1000 t | -23.3% |
| 2014 | 1,363 1000 t | +173.1% |
| 2015 | 1,139 1000 t | -16.4% |
| 2016 | 1,657 1000 t | +45.5% |
| 2017 | 1,837 1000 t | +10.9% |
| 2018 | 1,912 1000 t | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 1,813 1000 t | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 1,977 1000 t | +9.0% |
| 2021 | 1,780 1000 t | -10.0% |
| 2022 | 1,799 1000 t | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 1,867 1000 t | +3.8% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 1,867 1000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10 1000 t, 186.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 1,867 1000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 34.5 1000 t, 54.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts — Food in Nigeria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +173.1% | 499 1000 t | 1,363 1000 t |
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 |
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 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 194 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.