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The Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2023 shows that hunger level in Nigeria is serious. Nigeria ranks 109th out of 125 countries analysed.
According to GHI report for 2023, Nigeria is only two places ahead of India, which ranks 111th, and a place ahead of Zambia, which ranks 110th.
Nigeria is below Congo and Zimbabwe, with both countries on the 107th rank.
With a score of 28.3 the 2023 Global Hunger Index, shows hunger level in Nigeria is serious while Central African Republic, which ranks 125th with a score of 42.5, has an alarming rate of hunger.
Recall that in January, Tribune reported that Inflation rate in Nigeria rose to 28.92 percent in December 2023 from 28.20 percent recorded in November indicating a record 20-year high since January 2003.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) that released the data on Monday attributed the rise partly to food inflation, which rose to 33.93 percent in December from 32.84 percent in November, constituting 50 percent of the inflation rate.
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