Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β Value in Nigeria
Nigeria: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β Value was 1,744 kcal/cap/d in 2025. β¬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β Value in Nigeria, 2000β2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 1,744 kcal/cap/d for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value in Nigeria peaked at 1,744 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,683 kcal/cap/d, in 2008.
That places Nigeria 154th out of 180 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,686 kcal/cap/d | 1,683 kcal/cap/d | 1,690 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,698 kcal/cap/d | 1,686 kcal/cap/d | 1,716 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,733 kcal/cap/d | 1,721 kcal/cap/d | 1,744 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 151 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 1,748 kcal/cap/d compare
- 152 Rwanda 1,747 kcal/cap/d compare
- 153 Togo 1,746 kcal/cap/d compare
- 154 Papua New Guinea 1,744 kcal/cap/d compare
- 156 Palestine 1,742 kcal/cap/d compare
- 157 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 1,741 kcal/cap/d compare
- 157 Pakistan 1,741 kcal/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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value in Nigeria?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value in Nigeria was 1,744 kcal/cap/d in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,744 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,683 kcal/cap/d in 2008.
- How does Nigeria rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value?
- Nigeria ranks 154th out of 180 countries with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.