Malawi vs South America: Number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults
Number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults over time
- Malawi
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 40.9 million No against 5.5 million No in Malawi, a difference of 35.4 million No.
That makes South America's figure about 7.4 times Malawi's.
Across all 10 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Malawi ranks 19th and South America ranks 18th of 107 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4.25 million No | 42.75 million No | 38.5 million No | South America |
| 2020s | 5.22 million No | 49 million No | 43.77 million No | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults, Malawi or South America?
- South America, at 40.9 million No against 5.5 million No in Malawi as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults between Malawi and South America?
- 35.4 million No, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and South America?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2023.
- How do Malawi and South America rank globally for number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults?
- Malawi ranks 19th and South America ranks 18th of 107 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) — Value. 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.