Rice and products — Import quantity in Nigeria
Nigeria: Rice and products — Import quantity was 13 1000 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Rice and products — Import quantity in Nigeria, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 13 1000 t for rice and products — import quantity in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 13.3% on the previous year and down 99.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice and products — import quantity in Nigeria peaked at 3,291 1000 t in 2013 and was at its lowest, 13 1000 t, in 2023.
That places Nigeria 143rd out of 182 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,785 1000 t | 93 1000 t | 3,291 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.25 1000 t | 13 1000 t | 38 1000 t | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- 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)
- Rural population 36.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 86.04 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 66.82 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 6.91 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice and products — import quantity in Nigeria?
- Rice and products — import quantity in Nigeria was 13 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice and products — import quantity recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 3,291 1000 t in 2013.
- What is the lowest rice and products — import quantity recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 13 1000 t in 2023.
- How does Nigeria rank for rice and products — import quantity?
- Nigeria ranks 143rd out of 182 countries with data for 2023.
- Is rice and products — import quantity rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 99.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice and products — Import quantity. 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.