Afghanistan vs Eastern Africa: Number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults
Number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults over time
- Afghanistan
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 98.3 million No against 10.7 million No in Afghanistan, a difference of 87.6 million No.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 9.2 times Afghanistan's.
Across all 10 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 8th and Eastern Africa ranks 10th of 110 countries.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 6.63 million No | 78.23 million No | 71.6 million No | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 10.38 million No | 94.88 million No | 84.5 million No | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults, Afghanistan or Eastern Africa?
- Eastern Africa, at 98.3 million No against 10.7 million No in Afghanistan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults between Afghanistan and Eastern Africa?
- 87.6 million No, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Eastern Africa?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2023.
- How do Afghanistan and Eastern Africa rank globally for number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults?
- Afghanistan ranks 8th and Eastern Africa ranks 10th of 110 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year average) — Confidence interval: Upper bound. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.