Wheat and products — Food supply in Nigeria
Nigeria: Wheat and products — Food supply was 12.19 million million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Wheat and products — Food supply in Nigeria, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 12.19 million million Kcal for wheat and products — food supply in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.6% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat and products — food supply in Nigeria peaked at 14.74 million million Kcal in 2020 and was at its lowest, 10.32 million million Kcal, in 2010.
Nigeria ranks 21st of 164 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Wheat and products — Food supply in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10.32 million million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 10.62 million million Kcal | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 10.46 million million Kcal | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 11.14 million million Kcal | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 11.91 million million Kcal | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 11.86 million million Kcal | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 11.95 million million Kcal | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 12.59 million million Kcal | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 13.08 million million Kcal | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 12.39 million million Kcal | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 14.74 million million Kcal | +19.0% |
| 2021 | 14.56 million million Kcal | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 13.48 million million Kcal | -7.4% |
| 2023 | 12.19 million million Kcal | -9.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 11.63 million million Kcal | 10.32 million million Kcal | 13.08 million million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.74 million million Kcal | 12.19 million million Kcal | 14.74 million million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 18 Argentina 15.11 million million Kcal compare
- 19 Uzbekistan 14.67 million million Kcal compare
- 20 Philippines 13.71 million million Kcal compare
- 22 Saudi Arabia 11.55 million million Kcal compare
- 23 Spain 11.33 million million Kcal compare
- 24 Poland 10.79 million million Kcal 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 wheat and products — food supply in Nigeria?
- Wheat and products — food supply in Nigeria was 12.19 million million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat and products — food supply recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 14.74 million million Kcal in 2020.
- What is the lowest wheat and products — food supply recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.32 million million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Nigeria rank for wheat and products — food supply?
- Nigeria ranks 21st out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wheat and products — food supply rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. 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 Wheat and products — 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.