Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Nigeria in 2024 — 6%. Ranked 108 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 58.53 pp.
1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Nigeria
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | +2.21 pp |
| 2023 | 3.78 | +1.03 pp |
| 2022 | 2.75 | −0.53 pp |
| 2021 | 3.28 | +0.3 pp |
| 2020 | 2.98 | +1.18 pp |
| 2019 | 1.8 | −0.18 pp |
| 2018 | 1.98 | +0.15 pp |
| 2017 | 1.83 | −0.13 pp |
| 2016 | 1.97 | −0.93 pp |
| 2015 | 2.89 | +1.02 pp |
| 2014 | 1.87 | −3.18 pp |
| 2013 | 5.05 | −0.3 pp |
| 2012 | 5.35 | +3.56 pp |
| 2011 | 1.8 | −1.54 pp |
| 2010 | 3.34 | −1.19 pp |
| 2009 | 4.53 | +3.25 pp |
| 2008 | 1.29 | −0.33 pp |
| 2007 | 1.62 | +1.57 pp |
| 2006 | 0.06 | — |
| 2003 | 0.02 | −0.61 pp |
| 2002 | 0.64 | +0.62 pp |
| 2001 | 0.02 | −0.12 pp |
| 2000 | 0.14 | −0.16 pp |
| 1999 | 0.3 | −0.11 pp |
| 1998 | 0.42 | +0.26 pp |
| 1997 | 0.15 | −1.5 pp |
| 1996 | 1.65 | — |
| 1987 | 3.14 | −1.98 pp |
| 1986 | 5.12 | +2.94 pp |
| 1985 | 2.18 | −0.56 pp |
| 1984 | 2.73 | −1.04 pp |
| 1983 | 3.77 | — |
| 1981 | 2.18 | — |
| 1979 | 3.58 | −3.95 pp |
| 1978 | 7.53 | +1.87 pp |
| 1977 | 5.66 | +1.19 pp |
| 1976 | 4.47 | −0.69 pp |
| 1975 | 5.17 | +0.1 pp |
| 1974 | 5.07 | −6.7 pp |
| 1973 | 11.76 | −1.03 pp |
| 1972 | 12.8 | −6.65 pp |
| 1971 | 19.45 | −11.9 pp |
| 1970 | 31.35 | −10.75 pp |
| 1969 | 42.1 | −21.19 pp |
| 1968 | 63.29 | +12.16 pp |
| 1967 | 51.12 | +4.25 pp |
| 1966 | 46.87 | −7.5 pp |
| 1965 | 54.38 | −6.63 pp |
| 1964 | 61 | −1.31 pp |
| 1963 | 62.31 | −2.21 pp |
| 1962 | 64.52 | — |
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The share of food in merchandise exports: grain, meat, dairy products, fish, fruit, beverages, oils. Unlike dependence on fuel and metals, a food specialization is not considered a vulnerability of the same kind — demand for food grows with population and is not subject to technological substitution. The largest shares come not from the biggest producers but from small countries with a single export crop: coffee, cocoa, bananas.
Important: It includes beverages and vegetable oils but not agricultural raw materials such as cotton, rubber and hides — those have a separate indicator.
Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
What part of merchandise exports is cotton, rubber, timber, hides and other non-food raw materials.
Trade Food imports (% of merchandise imports)What part of merchandise imports a country spends on food — a measure of food dependence.
Economy Agriculture value addedHow much agriculture, forestry and fishing create in money terms.
Agriculture Cereal productionThe gross harvest of cereal crops, in tonnes.
