Which has higher net food imports by crop - rice, milled, Mozambique or Nigeria?

Mozambique, at 943,721 against 798,588 in Nigeria as of 2019.

What is the difference in net food imports by crop - rice, milled between Mozambique and Nigeria?

145,133, with Mozambique ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Nigeria?

58 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data, published as Net food imports by crop - Rice, milled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Mozambique vs Nigeria: Net food imports by crop - Rice, milled

Mozambique

943,721

in 2019

Nigeria

798,588

in 2019

Mozambique rank

9th

Nigeria rank

11th

Net food imports by crop - Rice, milled over time

Mozambique
Nigeria

How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 943,721 against 798,588 in Nigeria, a difference of 145,133.

That makes Mozambique's figure about 1.2 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.

Mozambique ranks 9th and Nigeria ranks 11th of 179 countries.

Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mozambique	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1960s	-19,100	1,098	20,198	Nigeria
1970s	11,683	161,059	149,376	Nigeria
1980s	79,622	413,089	333,467	Nigeria
1990s	62,730	431,072	368,342	Nigeria
2000s	251,488	1.17 million	916,707	Nigeria
2010s	499,285	1.47 million	973,488	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net food imports by crop - rice, milled, Mozambique or Nigeria?: Mozambique, at 943,721 against 798,588 in Nigeria as of 2019.
What is the difference in net food imports by crop - rice, milled between Mozambique and Nigeria?: 145,133, with Mozambique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Nigeria?: 58 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2019.
How do Mozambique and Nigeria rank globally for net food imports by crop - rice, milled?: Mozambique ranks 9th and Nigeria ranks 11th of 179 countries.
Where does this data come from?: FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data, published as Net food imports by crop - Rice, milled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Mozambique vs Nigeria: Net food imports by crop - Rice, milled. Statizoid, drawing on FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data. Retrieved 24 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/net-food-imports-by-crop-rice-milled/mozambique/nigeria/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/net-food-imports-by-crop-rice-milled/mozambique/nigeria/">Mozambique vs Nigeria: Net food imports by crop - Rice, milled</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Net food imports by crop - Rice, milled
Source: FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 179 places, 7,853 data points, 1961–2019
Last refreshed: 24 August 2026

Net food imports are generated from FAOSTAT, taking Export level (tonnes) from the Import level (tonnes) [both under Trade: Crops and Livestock Products]. Net food imports are a proxy for the country's vulnerability to global food prices.