Vegetable Oils — Food in Nigeria
Nigeria: Vegetable Oils — Food was 3,056 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Vegetable Oils — Food in Nigeria, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 3,056 1000 t for vegetable oils — food in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 24.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetable oils — food in Nigeria peaked at 3,078 1000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,166 1000 t, in 2010.
That places Nigeria 7th out of 194 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.
Vegetable Oils — Food in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,166 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 2,223 1000 t | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 2,379 1000 t | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 2,447 1000 t | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 2,530 1000 t | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 2,614 1000 t | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 2,481 1000 t | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 2,657 1000 t | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 2,604 1000 t | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 2,746 1000 t | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 2,872 1000 t | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 2,915 1000 t | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 3,078 1000 t | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 3,056 1000 t | -0.7% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 3,056 1000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 141 1000 t, 21.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 3,056 1000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 99.5 1000 t, 30.7× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,485 1000 t | 2,166 1000 t | 2,746 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,980 1000 t | 2,872 1000 t | 3,078 1000 t | 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 vegetable oils — food in Nigeria?
- Vegetable oils — food in Nigeria was 3,056 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetable oils — food recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 3,078 1000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest vegetable oils — food recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,166 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Nigeria rank for vegetable oils — food?
- Nigeria ranks 7th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetable oils — food rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.9%. 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 Vegetable Oils — Food. 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.