Yams — Food supply in Nigeria
Nigeria: Yams — Food supply was 224.8 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Yams — Food supply in Nigeria, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — food supply in Nigeria is 224.8 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — food supply in Nigeria peaked at 288.8 kcal/cap/d in 2019 and was at its lowest, 210.89 kcal/cap/d, in 2020.
Nigeria ranks 2nd of 96 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Yams — Food supply in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 273.75 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 276.55 kcal/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 277.89 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 282.95 kcal/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 258.52 kcal/cap/d | -8.6% |
| 2015 | 268.67 kcal/cap/d | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 274.6 kcal/cap/d | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 280.18 kcal/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 279.73 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 288.8 kcal/cap/d | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 210.89 kcal/cap/d | -27.0% |
| 2021 | 223.26 kcal/cap/d | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 224.1 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 224.8 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 276.16 kcal/cap/d | 258.52 kcal/cap/d | 288.8 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 220.76 kcal/cap/d | 210.89 kcal/cap/d | 224.8 kcal/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 yams — food supply in Nigeria?
- Yams — food supply in Nigeria was 224.8 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — food supply recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 288.8 kcal/cap/d in 2019.
- What is the lowest yams — food supply recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 210.89 kcal/cap/d in 2020.
- How does Nigeria rank for yams — food supply?
- Nigeria ranks 2nd out of 96 countries with data for 2023.
- Is yams — food supply rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.6%. 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 Yams — 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.