Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production in Nigeria

Nigeria: Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production was 0 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
0 t
World rank
58th
of 190 countries
All-time high
84,000 t
in 1992
All-time low
0 t
in 2002
Years of data
44
1975–2024

Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production in Nigeria, 1975–2024

020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k1975199920241975: 1.0k t1976: 3.0k t1977: 4.1k t1978: 3.9k t1979: 5.7k t1980: 5.2k t1981: 9.5k t1982: 7.0k t1983: 4.2k t1984: 5.0k t1985: 5.0k t1986: 700 t1987: 25.1k t1988: 48.0k t1989: 52.0k t1990: 56.0k t1991: 58.0k t1992: 84.0k t1993: 63.0k t1994: 6.3k t1995: 900 t1996: 9.5k t1997: 5.0k t1998: 10.5k t2002: 0 t2003: 0 t2004: 0 t2005: 0 t2009: 24.1k t2010: 5.1k t2011: 5.7k t2012: 6.4k t2013: 0 t2014: 0 t2015: 0 t2016: 0 t2017: 0 t2018: 0 t2019: 0 t2020: 0 t2021: 0 t2022: 0 t2023: 0 t2024: 0 t

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

In 2024, nutrient phosphate p2o5 (total) — production in Nigeria stood at 0 t. That is the lowest value across all 44 years on record.

Over the whole period, nutrient phosphate p2o5 (total) — production in Nigeria peaked at 84,000 t in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 2002.

Nigeria ranks 58th of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production in Nigeria, year by year

Annual values for Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production in Nigeria, 1975 to 2024.
Year t Change
1975 1,000 t —
1976 3,000 t +200.0%
1977 4,100 t +36.7%
1978 3,900 t -4.9%
1979 5,700 t +46.2%
1980 5,200 t -8.8%
1981 9,500 t +82.7%
1982 7,000 t -26.3%
1983 4,200 t -40.0%
1984 5,000 t +19.0%
1985 5,000 t +0.0%
1986 700 t -86.0%
1987 25,100 t +3485.7%
1988 48,000 t +91.2%
1989 52,000 t +8.3%
1990 56,000 t +7.7%
1991 58,000 t +3.6%
1992 84,000 t +44.8%
1993 63,000 t -25.0%
1994 6,300 t -90.0%
1995 900 t -85.7%
1996 9,500 t +955.6%
1997 5,000 t -47.4%
1998 10,500 t +110.0%
2002 0 t -100.0%
2003 0 t —
2004 0 t —
2005 0 t —
2009 24,108 t —
2010 5,100 t -78.8%
2011 5,738 t +12.5%
2012 6,376 t +11.1%
2013 0 t -100.0%
2014 0 t —
2015 0 t —
2016 0 t —
2017 0 t —
2018 0 t —
2019 0 t —
2020 0 t —
2021 0 t —
2022 0 t —
2023 0 t —
2024 0 t —

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production in Nigeria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1987 +3485.7% 700 t 25,100 t
1996 +955.6% 900 t 9,500 t

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 3,540 t 1,000 t 5,700 t 5
1980s 16,170 t 700 t 52,000 t 10
1990s 32,578 t 900 t 84,000 t 9
2000s 4,822 t 0 t 24,108 t 5
2010s 1,721 t 0 t 6,376 t 10
2020s 0 t 0 t 0 t 5

Countries ranked near Nigeria

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  5. 58 Angola 0 t
  6. 58 Antigua and Barbuda 0 t
  7. 58 Armenia 0 t
  8. 58 Aruba 0 t
  9. 58 Azerbaijan 0 t compare
  10. 58 Bahamas 0 t
  11. 58 Bahrain 0 t compare
  12. 58 Barbados 0 t
  13. 58 Belize 0 t
  14. 58 Benin 0 t
  15. 58 Bermuda 0 t
  16. 58 Bhutan 0 t
  17. 58 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 t compare
  18. 58 Botswana 0 t
  19. 58 Brunei Darussalam 0 t
  20. 58 Bulgaria 0 t compare
  21. 58 Burkina Faso 0 t compare
  22. 58 Burundi 0 t
  23. 58 Cambodia 0 t compare
  24. 58 Cameroon 0 t compare
  25. 58 Canada 0 t compare
  26. 58 Central African Republic 0 t
  27. 58 Chad 0 t
  28. 58 Chile 0 t compare
  29. 58 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 t
  30. 58 Comoros 0 t
  31. 58 Congo 0 t
  32. 58 Cook Islands 0 t
  33. 58 Costa Rica 0 t
  34. 58 Cuba 0 t compare
  35. 58 Cyprus 0 t compare
  36. 58 Czechia 0 t compare
  37. 58 Denmark 0 t compare
  38. 58 Djibouti 0 t
  39. 58 Dominica 0 t
  40. 58 Dominican Republic 0 t
  41. 58 Ecuador 0 t compare
  42. 58 El Salvador 0 t compare
  43. 58 Equatorial Guinea 0 t
  44. 58 Eritrea 0 t
  45. 58 Estonia 0 t compare
  46. 58 Eswatini 0 t
  47. 58 Ethiopia 0 t
  48. 58 Faroe Islands 0 t
  49. 58 Fiji 0 t
  50. 58 French Polynesia 0 t
  51. 58 Gabon 0 t
  52. 58 Gambia 0 t
  53. 58 Georgia 0 t
  54. 58 Ghana 0 t
  55. 58 Greenland 0 t
  56. 58 Grenada 0 t
  57. 58 Guatemala 0 t compare
  58. 58 Guinea 0 t
  59. 58 Guinea-Bissau 0 t
  60. 58 Guyana 0 t
  61. 58 Haiti 0 t
  62. 58 Honduras 0 t
  63. 58 Iceland 0 t
  64. 58 Iraq 0 t compare
  65. 58 Ireland 0 t compare
  66. 58 Jamaica 0 t
  67. 58 Kenya 0 t compare
  68. 58 Kiribati 0 t
  69. 58 Kuwait 0 t
  70. 58 Kyrgyzstan 0 t
  71. 58 Latvia 0 t compare
  72. 58 Lesotho 0 t
  73. 58 Liberia 0 t
  74. 58 Libya 0 t
  75. 58 Luxembourg 0 t
  76. 58 Madagascar 0 t
  77. 58 Malawi 0 t
  78. 58 Malaysia 0 t compare
  79. 58 Maldives 0 t
  80. 58 Mali 0 t
  81. 58 Malta 0 t
  82. 58 Marshall Islands 0 t
  83. 58 Mauritania 0 t
  84. 58 Mauritius 0 t
  85. 58 Mongolia 0 t
  86. 58 Montenegro 0 t
  87. 58 Mozambique 0 t compare
  88. 58 Myanmar 0 t
  89. 58 Namibia 0 t
  90. 58 Naoero 0 t
  91. 58 Nepal 0 t
  92. 58 New Caledonia 0 t
  93. 58 Nicaragua 0 t
  94. 58 Niger 0 t
  95. 58 North Macedonia 0 t compare
  96. 58 Oman 0 t
  97. 58 Palau 0 t
  98. 58 Palestine 0 t
  99. 58 Panama 0 t
  100. 58 Papua New Guinea 0 t
  101. 58 Paraguay 0 t
  102. 58 Peru 0 t compare
  103. 58 Qatar 0 t
  104. 58 Rwanda 0 t
  105. 58 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 t
  106. 58 Saint Lucia 0 t
  107. 58 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 t
  108. 58 Samoa 0 t
  109. 58 Sao Tome and Principe 0 t
  110. 58 Seychelles 0 t
  111. 58 Sierra Leone 0 t
  112. 58 Singapore 0 t
  113. 58 Slovakia 0 t compare
  114. 58 Slovenia 0 t compare
  115. 58 Solomon Islands 0 t
  116. 58 South Sudan 0 t
  117. 58 Sudan 0 t
  118. 58 Sudan (former) 0 t
  119. 58 Suriname 0 t
  120. 58 Sweden 0 t compare
  121. 58 Switzerland 0 t compare
  122. 58 Tajikistan 0 t
  123. 58 Thailand 0 t compare
  124. 58 Togo 0 t
  125. 58 Tonga 0 t
  126. 58 Trinidad and Tobago 0 t
  127. 58 Tuvalu 0 t
  128. 58 Uganda 0 t compare
  129. 58 Ukraine 0 t compare
  130. 58 United Arab Emirates 0 t
  131. 58 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 t compare
  132. 58 Uruguay 0 t compare
  133. 58 Vanuatu 0 t
  134. 58 Yemen 0 t
  135. 58 Zambia 0 t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is nutrient phosphate p2o5 (total) — production in Nigeria?
Nutrient phosphate p2o5 (total) — production in Nigeria was 0 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest nutrient phosphate p2o5 (total) — production recorded in Nigeria?
The highest recorded value was 84,000 t in 1992.
What is the lowest nutrient phosphate p2o5 (total) — production recorded in Nigeria?
The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 2002.
How does Nigeria rank for nutrient phosphate p2o5 (total) — production?
Nigeria ranks 58th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
Where does this Nigeria data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
238 places, 8,083 data points, 1961–2024
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The Fertilizers by Nutrient dataset contains information on the totals in nutrients for Production, Trade and Agriculture Use of inorganic (chemical or mineral) fertilizers. The data are provided for the three primary plant nutrients: nitrogen (N), phosphorus (expressed as P2O5) and potassium (expressed as K2O). Both straight and compound fertilizers are included. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/RFN/RFN_EN_README.pdf