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England tops the world women’s rugby ranking with 97.76 points, maintaining a clear lead over other nations.
Canada and New Zealand follow as the second and third-strongest women’s rugby teams globally.
South Africa ranks 12th and Kenya 20th, making them the only African nations in the global top 20.
Traditional rugby nations like France, Ireland, and Australia feature prominently in the top 10.
Asian teams such as Japan and Hong Kong highlight the growing spread of women’s rugby beyond traditional regions.

South Africa leads the world rugby rankings with 92.78 points, ahead of New Zealand’s 92.06.
The gap between the first and second position is just 0.72 points, showing a close contest at the top.
Ireland remains the highest-ranked European team with 89.83 points.
France and England, with 87.82 and 87.64 points respectively, are in close competition for the fourth and fifth spots.

Global rugby participation grew by 11% in 2023, reaching 8.46 million players.
Female participation increased by 37%, showing the fastest growth in the sport.
Male participation also rose by 26%.
The substantial rise in female players signals rugby’s growing inclusivity.
The global rise suggests rugby is gaining ground beyond traditional rugby nations.

In Africa, 275 million people were recorded to be malnourished in 2023.
Nigeria led the list of countries in Africa with the highest number of malnourished people (45.40 million), making 16.5% of the total.
Nigeria was followed by the Democratic Republic of Congo with 40.7 million, 14.8% of the total.
Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and Kenya made up almost 50% of the total number of malnourished people in Africa.

Nigeria leads Africa with 1,630.83 points, ranked 36th globally, maintaining their long-standing supremacy in Africa's women’s football.
South Africa remains second, 165 points behind Nigeria, consolidating their position after consistent WAFCON performances.
North Africa's breakthrough is evident with Morocco at 3rd, driven by recent World Cup appearances and continental success.
There is tight competition in mid-table, with Zambia, Cameroon, and Ghana separated by less than 12 points.

Nigeria’s D’Tigress leads Africa with 640.1 points, holding 8th place in the world rankings.
Mali sits in second with 343.7 points, more than 290 points behind Nigeria.
Senegal, Mozambique, and Cameroon complete Africa’s top five, all ranked within the global top 40.
South Sudan enters the continental top 10 at 10th, while ranking 55th globally.

The USA dominates the rankings with 880.9 points, holding a significant lead over second-placed Australia (719.6).
France and China follow closely in 3rd and 4th, separated by just 6.5 points.
Nigeria’s D’Tigress ranks 8th globally with 640.1 points, the highest for any African nation.
Brazil and Serbia round out the top 10, both under 640 points.

India tops the list of the global number of people unable to afford a decent meal with a value of 792.80 million causing unaffordability to prevail in the country by 55.6%.
China emerged as the second country in this global list with 208.10 million people falling in this category and unaffordability prevalence of 14.6%.
Nigeria claimed 6.2% of the global total with 175.6M, making it the 3rd country with the highest number of healthy diet unaffordability.
High number of people that could not afford a healthy diet does not outrightly equal high percentage of healthy diet unaffordability.

Nigeria now has 7 AfroBasket titles, with five consecutive wins from 2017 to 2025.
Senegal leads the all-time chart with 11 titles, last winning in 2015.
Only three countries, Senegal, Nigeria, and Congo have more than two titles.
Nigeria is the only team to win five consecutive titles in a row.

The Super Falcons have won 10 out of 13 WAFCON tournaments, a 77% win rate.
They have never failed to reach the semi final stage, finishing in second place once and fourth place twice.
The Super Eagles, by contrast, have won only 3 out of 34 AFCON tournaments.
The men's team has placed second 5 times and third 8 times, but failed to earn a medal in 18 editions.
WAFCON results show more consistency and dominance by Nigeria’s women’s team than the men’s team.

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