The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has published its 2015 Global Food Security Index which includes 109 countries, rated by the level of food sector development.
The EIU defines food security as the state in which people at all times have physical, social and economic access to sufficient and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs for a healthy and active life.
The 2015 Global Food Security Index considers the core issues of affordability,availability, quality and safety across a set of 109 countries.
The organization explains that the index is a dynamic quantitative and qualitative scoring model, constructed from 28 unique indicators, that measures these drivers of food security across both developing and developed countries.
Speaking about the rating, the EIU notes that during the past year, food security has improved in almost every region of the world. The 109-country average score rose 1.2 points, with two-thirds of countries making progress from a year earlier.
Nigeria is ranked the 91st with the average 37.1 index. However in the spheres of quality and safety and availability Nigeria is ranked the 72nd and the 87th. The country also has 3 important strengths: nutritional standards, volatility of agricultural production and agricultural import tariffs.
It should be noted that for the last 4 years Nigeria has improved its index by 3.2 points.
Among Sub-Saharan African countries Nigeria is the 12th of 28. The country is followed by Sudan, Niger, Chad, Zambia and others.
The first place in the region is taken by South Africa with 64.5 index.
The first place in the rating is held by the US with 89.0 total score. The second and the third places belong to Singapore and Ireland with 88.2 and 85.4 indexes respectively.
The top 10 countries in the world are:
The experts of EIU concluded: “Global food security has made a rapid improvement over the past year. We see this in the increased efficiency of food systems and improvements in the nutritional quality of the food to which populations have access.”
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