Malawi vs Northern Africa: Number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults
Number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults over time
- Malawi
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 30 million No against 5.5 million No in Malawi, a difference of 24.5 million No.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 5.5 times Malawi's.
Across all 10 years both countries report, Northern Africa has been ahead every year.
Malawi ranks 19th and Northern Africa ranks 22nd of 103 countries.
Northern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4.22 million No | 24.7 million No | 20.48 million No | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 5.17 million No | 28.95 million No | 23.78 million No | Northern 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, Malawi or Northern Africa?
- Northern Africa, at 30 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 Northern Africa?
- 24.5 million No, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Northern Africa?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2023.
- How do Malawi and Northern Africa rank globally for number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults?
- Malawi ranks 19th and Northern Africa ranks 22nd of 103 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: Lower 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.