Average supply of protein of animal origin in Nigeria

Nigeria: Average supply of protein of animal origin was 7 g/cap/day in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
7 g/cap/day
Change on year
down 4.1%
World rank
169th
of 170 countries
All-time high
9.7 g/cap/day
in 2012
All-time low
7 g/cap/day
in 2018
Years of data
17
2002–2018

Average supply of protein of animal origin in Nigeria, 2002–2018

02468102002201020182002: 7.7 g/cap/day2003: 8 g/cap/day2004: 8 g/cap/day2005: 8 g/cap/day2006: 8.3 g/cap/day2007: 9 g/cap/day2008: 9.3 g/cap/day2009: 9.3 g/cap/day2010: 9 g/cap/day2011: 9.3 g/cap/day2012: 9.7 g/cap/day2013: 9.7 g/cap/day2014: 9.3 g/cap/day2015: 8.7 g/cap/day2016: 8 g/cap/day2017: 7.3 g/cap/day2018: 7 g/cap/day

Source: FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data. Measured in g/cap/day.

Analysis

Nigeria recorded 7 g/cap/day for average supply of protein of animal origin in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

That represents a change of down 4.1% on the previous year and down 24.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, average supply of protein of animal origin in Nigeria peaked at 9.7 g/cap/day in 2012 and was at its lowest, 7 g/cap/day, in 2018.

That places Nigeria 169th out of 170 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Average supply of protein of animal origin in Nigeria, year by year

Annual values for Average supply of protein of animal origin (g/cap/day) in Nigeria, 2002 to 2018.
Year g/cap/day Change
2002 7.7 g/cap/day
2003 8 g/cap/day +3.9%
2004 8 g/cap/day +0.0%
2005 8 g/cap/day +0.0%
2006 8.3 g/cap/day +3.8%
2007 9 g/cap/day +8.4%
2008 9.3 g/cap/day +3.3%
2009 9.3 g/cap/day +0.0%
2010 9 g/cap/day -3.2%
2011 9.3 g/cap/day +3.3%
2012 9.7 g/cap/day +4.3%
2013 9.7 g/cap/day +0.0%
2014 9.3 g/cap/day -4.1%
2015 8.7 g/cap/day -6.5%
2016 8 g/cap/day -8.0%
2017 7.3 g/cap/day -8.8%
2018 7 g/cap/day -4.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 8.45 g/cap/day 7.7 g/cap/day 9.3 g/cap/day 8
2010s 8.67 g/cap/day 7 g/cap/day 9.7 g/cap/day 9

Countries ranked near Nigeria

  1. 167 Rwanda 8 g/cap/day compare
  2. 168 Mozambique 7.3 g/cap/day compare
  3. 170 Ethiopia 6 g/cap/day compare

See the full ranking of 170 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is average supply of protein of animal origin in Nigeria?
Average supply of protein of animal origin in Nigeria was 7 g/cap/day in 2018, according to FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data.
What is the highest average supply of protein of animal origin recorded in Nigeria?
The highest recorded value was 9.7 g/cap/day in 2012.
What is the lowest average supply of protein of animal origin recorded in Nigeria?
The lowest recorded value was 7 g/cap/day in 2018.
How does Nigeria rank for average supply of protein of animal origin?
Nigeria ranks 169th out of 170 countries with data for 2018.
Is average supply of protein of animal origin rising or falling in Nigeria?
Over the last ten years it is down 24.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Nigeria data come from?
The figures come from FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data, published as part of Average supply of protein of animal origin (g/cap/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Average supply of protein of animal origin (g/cap/day)
Unit
g/cap/day
Source
FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
170 places, 2,866 data points, 2002–2018
Last refreshed

Average supply of protein of animal origin reflects a 3-year average from the Suite of Food Security Indicators on FAOSTAT. Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented on FAOSTAT. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgment and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported on FAOSTAT in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability. This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO license (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo). In addition to this license, some database specific terms of use are listed: Terms of Use of Datasets.