 A new report by the Institution of Development Studies, a UK-based think tank, has placed Nigeria as the second poorest country in the world in terms of food affordability. The report, which was compiled through a publicly available global cost-of-leaving database, Numbio, was used in creating a cost-of-food basics analysis that compares the monthly minimum recommended spend on food per adult and monthly average wage in 107 countries across the world. The minimum recommended amount of food is based on 12 to 14 basic items that together would account for 2,100 calories per adult per day, which is the level recommended by the World Health Organization for energy needs. The cost-of-food basics found that more than one year since the outbreak of COVID-19 there is vast disparity between countries in terms of the proportion of average wages needed to afford enough food.