Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Nigeria
Nigeria: Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) was 182 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Nigeria, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Nigeria stood at 182 μg/cap/d. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Nigeria peaked at 216 μg/cap/d in 2015 and was at its lowest, 182 μg/cap/d, in 2023.
Nigeria ranks 76th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity) in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 204 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 201 μg/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 205 μg/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 204 μg/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 215 μg/cap/d | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 216 μg/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 206 μg/cap/d | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 207 μg/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 209 μg/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 192 μg/cap/d | -8.1% |
| 2020 | 191 μg/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 185 μg/cap/d | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 186 μg/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 182 μg/cap/d | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 205.9 μg/cap/d | 192 μg/cap/d | 216 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 186 μg/cap/d | 182 μg/cap/d | 191 μg/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 vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Nigeria?
- Vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) in Nigeria was 182 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 216 μg/cap/d in 2015.
- What is the lowest vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 182 μg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Nigeria rank for vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity)?
- Nigeria ranks 76th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetables and their products — vitamin a supply (retinol activity) rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. 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 Vegetables and their products — Vitamin A supply (retinol activity 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.