Famines and food crises in Nigeria
4 famines and food crises have been recorded in Nigeria by Global Incident Tracker, 4 of them in 2026. The most recent was on 2 November 2026. These are incidents our sources reported, not an official national total.
Continuous monitoring began 9 August 2026. These counters show what we have recorded since then, not everything that happened.
Thin record. We hold only 4 famines and food crises for Nigeria, which is too few to describe a pattern. This page is not offered to search engines until it holds more.
Most recent famines and food crises in Nigeria
When they happen
October carries the most famines and food crises we hold for Nigeria — 3 of 4. This is when incidents were reported, so read a quiet month as either a quiet month or thin reporting.
| Month | Recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | |
| February | 0 | |
| March | 0 | |
| April | 0 | |
| May | 0 | |
| June | 0 | |
| July | 0 | |
| August | 0 | |
| September | 0 | |
| October | 3 | |
| November | 1 | |
| December | 0 |
Where this data comes from
Famines and food crises have official real-time feeds, and ours come from GDACS · ReliefWeb · news.