Bangladesh vs Pakistan: Number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults
Number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults over time
- Bangladesh
- Pakistan
How they compare
Pakistan currently reports 21.6 million No against 18.5 million No in Bangladesh, a difference of 3.1 million No.
That makes Pakistan's figure about 1.2 times Bangladesh's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 2014 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 4th and Pakistan ranks 3rd of 110 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 1 and Pakistan in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Pakistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 20.03 million No | 13.32 million No | 6.72 million No | Bangladesh |
| 2020s | 18.75 million No | 21.7 million No | 2.95 million No | Pakistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults, Bangladesh or Pakistan?
- Pakistan, at 21.6 million No against 18.5 million No in Bangladesh as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults between Bangladesh and Pakistan?
- 3.1 million No, with Pakistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Pakistan?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2023.
- How do Bangladesh and Pakistan rank globally for number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults?
- Bangladesh ranks 4th and Pakistan ranks 3rd 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.