Vegetables — Import quantity in Nigeria
Nigeria: Vegetables — Import quantity was 213 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Vegetables — Import quantity in Nigeria, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 213 1000 t for vegetables — import quantity in 2023.
The figure is up 22.4% on the previous year and down 47.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables — import quantity in Nigeria peaked at 505 1000 t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 174 1000 t, in 2022.
Nigeria ranks 78th of 194 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 — Import quantity in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 289 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 405 1000 t | +40.1% |
| 2012 | 407 1000 t | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 407 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 505 1000 t | +24.1% |
| 2015 | 501 1000 t | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 501 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 502 1000 t | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 370 1000 t | -26.3% |
| 2019 | 295 1000 t | -20.3% |
| 2020 | 200 1000 t | -32.2% |
| 2021 | 217 1000 t | +8.5% |
| 2022 | 174 1000 t | -19.8% |
| 2023 | 213 1000 t | +22.4% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 213 1000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 42 1000 t, 5.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 213 1000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 46 1000 t, 4.6× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 418.2 1000 t | 289 1000 t | 505 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 201 1000 t | 174 1000 t | 217 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 vegetables — import quantity in Nigeria?
- Vegetables — import quantity in Nigeria was 213 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables — import quantity recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 505 1000 t in 2014.
- What is the lowest vegetables — import quantity recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 174 1000 t in 2022.
- How does Nigeria rank for vegetables — import quantity?
- Nigeria ranks 78th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetables — import quantity rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.7%. 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 — Import quantity. 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.