Stimulants — Food supply in Nigeria
Nigeria: Stimulants — Food supply was 147,079 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Stimulants — Food supply in Nigeria, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, stimulants — food supply in Nigeria stood at 147,079 million Kcal. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 56.3% on the previous year and up 230.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, stimulants — food supply in Nigeria peaked at 147,079 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 28,042 million Kcal, in 2016.
Nigeria ranks 42nd of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Stimulants — Food supply in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 118,613 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 72,083 million Kcal | -39.2% |
| 2012 | 65,376 million Kcal | -9.3% |
| 2013 | 44,536 million Kcal | -31.9% |
| 2014 | 47,640 million Kcal | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 53,628 million Kcal | +12.6% |
| 2016 | 28,042 million Kcal | -47.7% |
| 2017 | 50,533 million Kcal | +80.2% |
| 2018 | 59,008 million Kcal | +16.8% |
| 2019 | 66,027 million Kcal | +11.9% |
| 2020 | 69,669 million Kcal | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 81,051 million Kcal | +16.3% |
| 2022 | 94,089 million Kcal | +16.1% |
| 2023 | 147,079 million Kcal | +56.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 60,549 million Kcal | 28,042 million Kcal | 118,613 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 97,972 million Kcal | 69,669 million Kcal | 147,079 million Kcal | 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 22.98 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 22.98 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is stimulants — food supply in Nigeria?
- Stimulants — food supply in Nigeria was 147,079 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest stimulants — food supply recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 147,079 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest stimulants — food supply recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,042 million Kcal in 2016.
- How does Nigeria rank for stimulants — food supply?
- Nigeria ranks 42nd out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is stimulants — food supply rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 230.2%. 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 Stimulants — Food supply (kcal). 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.