Nutritional impact: Nigeria - Millet - 2017


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Nigeria All people, 1-3 years, Nigeria
Number of people's
annual nutritional requirements lost
% of population
nutritional requirements lost
Number of people
in focal group’s annual nutrient requirements lost
% of focal group population’s
annual nutritional requirements lost
Energy 1,150,700,503,967 kcal 1,384,302 0.707 3,197,367 16.2
Carbohydrate 204,849,980 kg 1,577,191 0.805 3,642,891 18.5
Protein 27,819,133 kg 2,363,366 1.2 7,300,460 37.0
Fat 18,335,338 kg 720,435 0.368 1,667,358 8.5
Fibre, total dietary 28,451,386 kg 2,458,541 1.3 5,646,842 28.6
Calcium, Ca 44,258 kg 146,568 0.075 242,508 1.2
Iron, Fe 24,026 kg 7,063,335 3.6 14,627,467 74.1
Zinc, Zn 8,946 kg 2,630,940 1.3 7,003,037 35.5
Folate, total 94.8 kg 978,245 0.499 2,165,250 11.0
Vitamin A (RAE) 0 kg 0 0 0 0
Vitamin C 0 kg 0 0 0 0

Reference data

Total population - Nigeria 195,875,239
Total population - Nigeria;
All people, 1-3 years
19,727,138

2018 population estimates; United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2017). World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision, DVD Edition.


Millet: production - Nigeria, 2017 3,312,751,000 kg
Millet: losses - Nigeria, 2017 316,126,512 kg

Data version 2.19.3