Nigeria recorded the lowest score on food affordability in the 2022 global food security index, with 25 points

Key Takeaways

  • Among the 113 countries measured in the 2022 Global Food Security Index, Nigeria is ranked 107th overall, putting it deep in the bottom ten globally.
  • Nigeria has the lowest affordability score globally in the GFSI 2022, scoring only 25.0 in that pillar.
  • The country performs marginally better in other pillars: its score in “Quality and Safety” is relatively higher (55.6), and “Sustainability and Adaptation” is 53.7. But other pillars like “Availability” (39.5) remain weak.
  • Globally, a group of countries, including Nigeria, DR Congo, Sudan, Venezuela, Burundi, Madagascar, Sierra Leone, Yemen, Haiti, and Syria, all cluster at low overall GFSI scores (below ~45), reflecting severe challenges.

The 2022 Global Food Security Index revealed that several countries face deep challenges across all four pillars of food security: affordability, availability, quality and safety, and sustainability and adaptation. At the lower end of the rankings are nations such as Chad, DR Congo, Sudan, Venezuela, Burundi, Madagascar, Sierra Leone, Yemen, Haiti, Syria, and Nigeria, which placed 107th overall.

Within this group, Nigeria recorded the lowest global affordability score at 25.0, underscoring the high burden of food costs relative to household incomes. Other countries in the bottom bracket showed different weaknesses: Sudan performed relatively better in availability (48.2), while Burundi and Madagascar scored slightly higher on quality and sustainability. Despite these variations, all remain clustered below an overall score of 45, reflecting the shared struggle to ensure reliable, accessible, and affordable food systems.

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