# Potato production in Nigeria

Potato production in Nigeria was 1,228,588 tonnes in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

- Indicator id: `potato_production`
- Place id: `ng`
- Unit: tonnes
- 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.
- Note: 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.
- Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510) (https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
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- Citation: 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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| 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 |