Vegetal Products — Food supply in Nigeria
Nigeria: Vegetal Products — Food supply was 2,395 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Vegetal Products — Food supply in Nigeria, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, vegetal products — food supply in Nigeria stood at 2,395 kcal/cap/d. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetal products — food supply in Nigeria peaked at 2,479 kcal/cap/d in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2,395 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Nigeria 78th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
Vegetal Products — Food supply in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,470 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,432 kcal/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 2,421 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 2,410 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 2,465 kcal/cap/d | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 2,471 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 2,479 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 2,477 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,438 kcal/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 2,457 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 2,420 kcal/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 2,464 kcal/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 2,446 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 2,395 kcal/cap/d | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,452 kcal/cap/d | 2,410 kcal/cap/d | 2,479 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,431 kcal/cap/d | 2,395 kcal/cap/d | 2,464 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 75 Montenegro 2,409 kcal/cap/d compare
- 76 Kazakhstan 2,408 kcal/cap/d compare
- 77 Fiji 2,399 kcal/cap/d compare
- 79 Malawi 2,391 kcal/cap/d compare
- 80 Libya 2,389 kcal/cap/d compare
- 81 Luxembourg 2,381 kcal/cap/d compare
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 vegetal products — food supply in Nigeria?
- Vegetal products — food supply in Nigeria was 2,395 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetal products — food supply recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 2,479 kcal/cap/d in 2016.
- What is the lowest vegetal products — food supply recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,395 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Nigeria rank for vegetal products — food supply?
- Nigeria ranks 78th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetal products — food supply rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetal Products — 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.