Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Nigeria
Nigeria: Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) was 38 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Nigeria, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Nigeria stood at 38 μg/cap/d. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Nigeria peaked at 53 μg/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 38 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
Nigeria ranks 157th 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.
Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 53 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 49 μg/cap/d | -7.5% |
| 2012 | 41 μg/cap/d | -16.3% |
| 2013 | 46 μg/cap/d | +12.2% |
| 2014 | 46 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 46 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 41 μg/cap/d | -10.9% |
| 2017 | 41 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 42 μg/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 41 μg/cap/d | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 40 μg/cap/d | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 40 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 39 μg/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 38 μg/cap/d | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 44.6 μg/cap/d | 41 μg/cap/d | 53 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.25 μg/cap/d | 38 μg/cap/d | 40 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 154 Myanmar 46 μg/cap/d compare
- 155 Sao Tome and Principe 45 μg/cap/d compare
- 156 Bangladesh 40 μg/cap/d compare
- 157 India 38 μg/cap/d compare
- 159 Solomon Islands 27 μg/cap/d compare
- 160 Maldives 21 μg/cap/d compare
- 160 Mozambique 21 μg/cap/d compare
- 160 Sri Lanka 21 μg/cap/d compare
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 meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Nigeria?
- Meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Nigeria was 38 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 53 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 38 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Nigeria rank for meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity)?
- Nigeria ranks 157th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat and meat products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.4%. 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 Meat and meat products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity equivalents) — 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.