Sorghum and products — Food supply in Nigeria
Nigeria: Sorghum and products — Food supply was 201.35 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sorghum and products — Food supply in Nigeria, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, sorghum and products — food supply in Nigeria stood at 201.35 kcal/cap/d. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.0% on the previous year and down 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum and products — food supply in Nigeria peaked at 267.04 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 201.35 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Nigeria 4th out of 69 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sorghum and products — Food supply in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 267.04 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 238.26 kcal/cap/d | -10.8% |
| 2012 | 231.59 kcal/cap/d | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 247.51 kcal/cap/d | +6.9% |
| 2014 | 242.28 kcal/cap/d | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 240.54 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 251.15 kcal/cap/d | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 227.89 kcal/cap/d | -9.3% |
| 2018 | 218.5 kcal/cap/d | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 215.93 kcal/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 212.15 kcal/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 212.33 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 211.9 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 201.35 kcal/cap/d | -5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 238.07 kcal/cap/d | 215.93 kcal/cap/d | 267.04 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 209.43 kcal/cap/d | 201.35 kcal/cap/d | 212.33 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 1 Burkina Faso 392.1 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Niger 390.07 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Cameroon 274.66 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 40.34 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 8.27 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Ethiopia 200.03 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Mauritania 115.13 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Rwanda 110.17 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Melanesia 3.21 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 sorghum and products — food supply in Nigeria?
- Sorghum and products — food supply in Nigeria was 201.35 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 267.04 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 201.35 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Nigeria rank for sorghum and products — food supply?
- Nigeria ranks 4th out of 69 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sorghum and products — food supply rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.6%. 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 Sorghum and products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). 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.