Potato production in Nigeria
Potato production in Nigeria was 1,228,588 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.4% from 2023. That is the 42nd highest of 154 countries in 2024.
Potato production in Nigeria, 1961 to 2024
All 64 values
| Period | tonnes |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,228,588 Estimated |
| 2023 | 1,233,039 Estimated |
| 2022 | 1,227,513 Estimated |
| 2021 | 1,225,213 Estimated |
| 2020 | 1,246,390 Estimated |
| 2019 | 1,210,936 Estimated |
| 2018 | 1,218,313 Estimated |
| 2017 | 1,234,968 Estimated |
| 2016 | 1,179,526 Estimated |
| 2015 | 1,240,446 Estimated |
| 2014 | 1,173,146 Estimated |
| 2013 | 1,124,985 Estimated |
| 2012 | 1,085,139 Estimated |
| 2011 | 1,077,058 Estimated |
| 2010 | 1,026,311 Estimated |
| 2009 | 1,000,000 Estimated |
| 2008 | 1,105,000 |
| 2007 | 662,000 |
| 2006 | 838,000 |
| 2005 | 776,000 |
| 2004 | 726,000 |
| 2003 | 678,000 |
| 2002 | 637,000 |
| 2001 | 599,000 |
| 2000 | 599,000 |
| 1999 | 573,000 |
| 1998 | 107,000 |
| 1997 | 103,000 |
| 1996 | 99,000 |
| 1995 | 95,000 |
| 1994 | 90,000 |
| 1993 | 80,000 |
| 1992 | 73,000 |
| 1991 | 66,000 |
| 1990 | 54,000 |
| 1989 | 50,000 |
| 1988 | 44,000 |
| 1987 | 45,000 |
| 1986 | 46,000 |
| 1985 | 43,000 |
| 1984 | 42,000 |
| 1983 | 38,000 |
| 1982 | 40,000 |
| 1981 | 38,000 |
| 1980 | 40,000 |
| 1979 | 38,000 |
| 1978 | 34,000 |
| 1977 | 32,000 |
| 1976 | 30,000 |
| 1975 | 28,000 |
| 1974 | 27,000 |
| 1973 | 27,000 |
| 1972 | 27,000 |
| 1971 | 26,000 |
| 1970 | 24,385 |
| 1969 | 25,000 |
| 1968 | 24,000 |
| 1967 | 23,000 |
| 1966 | 23,000 |
| 1965 | 22,000 |
| 1964 | 21,000 |
| 1963 | 20,000 |
| 1962 | 19,000 |
| 1961 | 18,000 |
Rankings
Definition
Quantity of potatoes produced in the calendar year, in tonnes, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. Countries report to FAO through its annual production questionnaire; FAO fills gaps with official publications and its own estimates.
FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.
How to cite
FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.Citation styles
APA 7
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510) (Potato production, Nigeria, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip
MLA 9
Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510), Potato production, Nigeria, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/potato-production/nigeria. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Potato production, Nigeria, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/potato-production/nigeria.
Harvard
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510), Potato production, Nigeria, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/potato-production/nigeria (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{food_potato_production_nigeria_2024,
author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510): Potato production, Nigeria, 1961 to 2024}},
year = {2025},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/potato-production/nigeria. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production\_Crops\_Livestock\_E\_All\_Data\_\%28Normalized\%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.},
}
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