Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value in Nigeria
Nigeria: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value was 1,684 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value in Nigeria, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 1,684 mg/cap/d for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value in Nigeria peaked at 1,936 mg/cap/d in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,637 mg/cap/d, in 2021.
Nigeria ranks 9th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,866 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,880 mg/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 1,853 mg/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 1,864 mg/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 1,849 mg/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 1,892 mg/cap/d | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 1,916 mg/cap/d | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 1,902 mg/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 1,875 mg/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 1,936 mg/cap/d | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 1,642 mg/cap/d | -15.2% |
| 2021 | 1,637 mg/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,677 mg/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 1,684 mg/cap/d | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,883 mg/cap/d | 1,849 mg/cap/d | 1,936 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,660 mg/cap/d | 1,637 mg/cap/d | 1,684 mg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 6 Belarus 1,770 mg/cap/d compare
- 6 Lao People's Democratic Republic 620 mg/cap/d compare
- 7 Cameroon 1,761 mg/cap/d compare
- 7 Türkiye 542 mg/cap/d compare
- 8 Guinea 1,725 mg/cap/d compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 445 mg/cap/d compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 358 mg/cap/d compare
- 10 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 245 mg/cap/d compare
- 10 Sao Tome and Principe 1,601 mg/cap/d compare
- 11 Fiji 1,591 mg/cap/d compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 232 mg/cap/d compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 188 mg/cap/d compare
- 12 Ukraine 1,558 mg/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 — potassium supply — value in Nigeria?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value in Nigeria was 1,684 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,936 mg/cap/d in 2019.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,637 mg/cap/d in 2021.
- How does Nigeria rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value?
- Nigeria ranks 9th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. 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 Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — 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.