Infant food — Protein supply quantity in Nigeria
Nigeria: Infant food — Protein supply quantity was 696.3 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Infant food — Protein supply quantity in Nigeria, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 696.3 t for infant food — protein supply quantity in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 30.4% on the previous year and up 25.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, infant food — protein supply quantity in Nigeria peaked at 696.3 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 488.61 t, in 2010.
That places Nigeria 28th out of 184 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Infant food — Protein supply quantity in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 488.61 t | — |
| 2011 | 510.35 t | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 530.59 t | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 556.33 t | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 594.03 t | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 609.82 t | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 605.09 t | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 611.45 t | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 566.36 t | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 604.1 t | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 552.81 t | -8.5% |
| 2021 | 578.39 t | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 533.97 t | -7.7% |
| 2023 | 696.3 t | +30.4% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 696.3 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 149.24 t, 4.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 696.3 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 102.25 t, 6.8× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Infant food — Protein supply quantity 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +30.4% | 533.97 t | 696.3 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 567.67 t | 488.61 t | 611.45 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 590.37 t | 533.97 t | 696.3 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 infant food — protein supply quantity in Nigeria?
- Infant food — protein supply quantity in Nigeria was 696.3 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest infant food — protein supply quantity recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 696.3 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest infant food — protein supply quantity recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 488.61 t in 2010.
- How does Nigeria rank for infant food — protein supply quantity?
- Nigeria ranks 28th out of 184 countries with data for 2023.
- Is infant food — protein supply quantity rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.2%. 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 Infant food — Protein supply quantity (t). 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.