Nigeria has been ranked 115th out of 123 countries in the latest Global Hunger Index (GHI), reflecting the country’s worsening food insecurity driven by poverty, inflation, and insecurity.
The 2025 Global Hunger Index, an international tool for measuring and tracking hunger, assesses countries using four key indicators — undernourishment, child stunting, child wasting, and child mortality.
Nigeria’s poor performance highlights the deepening challenges in achieving food and nutrition security.
Experts warn that the country’s position on the index signals an urgent need for coordinated government and private-sector action to address the underlying causes of hunger and malnutrition.
Speaking at the 11th Nutritious Food Fair in Kano, the Country Representative of Propcom Plus Nigeria, Dr. Adiya Ode, expressed concern that the ranking could worsen the plight of the 31.8 million Nigerians already facing acute food insecurity.
Dr. Ode noted that child malnutrition and stunting rates continue to rise, stressing that the trend, if unchecked, would further weaken human capital development and economic growth.
She called for renewed national strategies to make food more affordable and accessible, especially for vulnerable households.
Similarly, Country Manager of HarvestPlus Nigeria, Dr. Yusuf Dollah Fu’ad, said Nigeria could overcome the crisis by investing in improved agricultural practices and promoting the cultivation of nutrient-enriched staple crops.
He emphasized that enhancing farmers’ productivity through technology, better input access, and nutrition-sensitive policies remains key to reversing the country’s hunger and malnutrition challenges