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

South Africa, at 917,854 against 798,588 in Nigeria as of 2019.

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

119,266, with South Africa ahead.

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

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.

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

Nigeria

798,588

in 2019

South Africa

917,854

in 2019

Nigeria rank

11th

South Africa rank

10th

Net food imports by crop - Rice, milled over time

Nigeria
South Africa

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 917,854 against 798,588 in Nigeria, a difference of 119,266.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.

Nigeria ranks 11th and South Africa ranks 10th of 179 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 5 and South Africa in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nigeria	South Africa	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1,098	64,231	63,133	South Africa
1970s	161,059	85,992	75,067	Nigeria
1980s	413,089	129,539	283,550	Nigeria
1990s	431,072	342,204	88,868	Nigeria
2000s	1.17 million	719,948	448,247	Nigeria
2010s	1.47 million	972,919	499,853	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net food imports by crop - rice, milled, Nigeria or South Africa?: South Africa, at 917,854 against 798,588 in Nigeria as of 2019.
What is the difference in net food imports by crop - rice, milled between Nigeria and South Africa?: 119,266, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and South Africa?: 58 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2019.
How do Nigeria and South Africa rank globally for net food imports by crop - rice, milled?: Nigeria ranks 11th and South Africa ranks 10th 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

Nigeria vs South Africa: Net food imports by crop - Rice, milled. Statizoid, drawing on FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data. Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/net-food-imports-by-crop-rice-milled/nigeria/south-africa/

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/nigeria/south-africa/">Nigeria vs South Africa: 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.