Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Nigeria
Nigeria: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value was 652 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Nigeria, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 652 kcal/cap/d for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Nigeria peaked at 669 kcal/cap/d in 2016 and was at its lowest, 614 kcal/cap/d, in 2013.
That places Nigeria 8th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 623 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 635 kcal/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 622 kcal/cap/d | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 614 kcal/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 652 kcal/cap/d | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 662 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 669 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 644 kcal/cap/d | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 636 kcal/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 659 kcal/cap/d | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 645 kcal/cap/d | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 642 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 650 kcal/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 652 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 652 kcal/cap/d is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 148 kcal/cap/d, 4.4× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 652 kcal/cap/d is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 336 kcal/cap/d, 1.9× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 641.6 kcal/cap/d | 614 kcal/cap/d | 669 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 647.25 kcal/cap/d | 642 kcal/cap/d | 652 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 235 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Guinea 690 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Cameroon 667 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 119 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Mozambique 666 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Republic of Moldova 116 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Türkiye 90 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Solomon Islands 648 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Timor-Leste 79 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 77 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Uganda 645 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Gabon 621 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Viet Nam 48 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)
- 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 roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Nigeria?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Nigeria was 652 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 669 kcal/cap/d in 2016.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 614 kcal/cap/d in 2013.
- How does Nigeria rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value?
- Nigeria ranks 8th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. 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 Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.