Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Nigeria
Nigeria: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply was 168 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Nigeria, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Nigeria is 168 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Nigeria peaked at 205 μg/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 168 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
Nigeria ranks 22nd of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Vitamin A supply in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 205 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 192 μg/cap/d | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 185 μg/cap/d | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 185 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 196 μg/cap/d | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 197 μg/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 196 μg/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 193 μg/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 192 μg/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 195 μg/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 188 μg/cap/d | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 169 μg/cap/d | -10.1% |
| 2022 | 169 μg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 168 μg/cap/d | -0.6% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 168 μg/cap/d is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40.5 μg/cap/d, 4.1× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 168 μg/cap/d is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 127 μg/cap/d, 1.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 193.6 μg/cap/d | 185 μg/cap/d | 205 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 173.5 μg/cap/d | 168 μg/cap/d | 188 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
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 — vitamin a supply in Nigeria?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply in Nigeria was 168 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 205 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 168 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Nigeria rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply?
- Nigeria ranks 22nd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — vitamin a supply rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. 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 — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) — 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.