Meat — Food in Nigeria
Nigeria: Meat — Food was 1,621 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat — Food in Nigeria, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, meat — food in Nigeria stood at 1,621 1000 t.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and up 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — food in Nigeria peaked at 1,655 1000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,269 1000 t, in 2012.
Nigeria ranks 41st of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Meat — Food in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,398 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 1,344 1000 t | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 1,269 1000 t | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 1,403 1000 t | +10.6% |
| 2014 | 1,579 1000 t | +12.5% |
| 2015 | 1,475 1000 t | -6.6% |
| 2016 | 1,459 1000 t | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 1,472 1000 t | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 1,515 1000 t | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 1,487 1000 t | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 1,474 1000 t | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 1,640 1000 t | +11.3% |
| 2022 | 1,655 1000 t | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 1,621 1000 t | -2.1% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 1,621 1000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 345 1000 t, 4.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 1,621 1000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 209.5 1000 t, 7.7× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,440 1000 t | 1,269 1000 t | 1,579 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,598 1000 t | 1,474 1000 t | 1,655 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 38 Ukraine 1,866 1000 t compare
- 39 Thailand 1,755 1000 t compare
- 40 Uzbekistan 1,689 1000 t compare
- 42 Romania 1,385 1000 t compare
- 43 Kazakhstan 1,319 1000 t compare
- 44 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1,295 1000 t 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 — food in Nigeria?
- Meat — food in Nigeria was 1,621 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — food recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,655 1000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest meat — food recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,269 1000 t in 2012.
- How does Nigeria rank for meat — food?
- Nigeria ranks 41st out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat — food rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.5%. 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 Meat — 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.