Starchy Roots — Food supply in Nigeria
Nigeria: Starchy Roots — Food supply was 652.45 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Nigeria, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 652.45 kcal/cap/d for starchy roots — food supply in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food supply in Nigeria peaked at 652.45 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 583.8 kcal/cap/d, in 2013.
That places Nigeria 5th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 593.04 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 605.86 kcal/cap/d | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 591.12 kcal/cap/d | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 583.8 kcal/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 622 kcal/cap/d | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 631.5 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 639.35 kcal/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 615.02 kcal/cap/d | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 607.56 kcal/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 631.21 kcal/cap/d | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 617.88 kcal/cap/d | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 642.21 kcal/cap/d | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 649.65 kcal/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 652.45 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 612.05 kcal/cap/d | 583.8 kcal/cap/d | 639.35 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 640.55 kcal/cap/d | 617.88 kcal/cap/d | 652.45 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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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 starchy roots — food supply in Nigeria?
- Starchy roots — food supply in Nigeria was 652.45 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 652.45 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 583.8 kcal/cap/d in 2013.
- How does Nigeria rank for starchy roots — food supply?
- Nigeria ranks 5th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food supply rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Starchy Roots — 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.