Prevalence of undernourishment in Nigeria
An estimated 22.2% of people in Nigeria were undernourished in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2001.
Nigeria, 2024
22.2%
Change from 2023
+1.4percentage points
World, 2024
8.1%
Position in 2024
21st of 165
Prevalence of undernourishment in Nigeria over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Nigeria | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22.2% | 8.1% |
| 2023 | 20.8% | 8.5% |
| 2022 | 19.3% | 8.6% |
| 2021 | 17.7% | 8.6% |
| 2020 | 15.6% | 8.4% |
| 2019 | 13.9% | 7.5% |
| 2018 | 12.1% | 7.4% |
| 2017 | 11.7% | 7.2% |
| 2016 | 11.1% | 7.6% |
| 2015 | 11.0% | 8.0% |
| 2014 | 11.4% | 7.4% |
| 2013 | 11.8% | 7.7% |
| 2012 | 11.9% | 8.2% |
| 2011 | 11.3% | 8.2% |
| 2010 | 10.5% | 8.7% |
| 2009 | 9.9% | 9.0% |
| 2008 | 9.6% | 9.3% |
| 2007 | 9.4% | 10.0% |
| 2006 | 9.2% | 11.0% |
| 2005 | 9.1% | 12.1% |
| 2004 | 8.9% | 12.7% |
| 2003 | 8.8% | 12.9% |
| 2002 | 8.7% | 13.2% |
| 2001 | 8.7% | 13.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.4 percentage points from 20.8% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 11.4%, the figure has changed by +10.8 percentage points.
- Among the 165 countries with data for 2024, Nigeria has the 21st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 8.1%.
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41.8%
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Cereal yield
1,558 kg per hectare
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Cost of a healthy diet
Int$4.17e (Estimate) per person per day
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Healthy diet unaffordable
80.5%e (Estimate)
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Pesticide use
0.98e (Estimate) kg/ha
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Nitrogen fertiliser use
7.9e (Estimate) kg/ha
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