Melanesia vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Number of moderately or severely food insecure male adults (million)
Number of moderately or severely food insecure male adults (million) over time
- Melanesia
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 226.8 million No against 2.5 million No in Melanesia, a difference of 224.3 million No.
That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 90.7 times Melanesia's.
Across all 8 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 9th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 6th of 11 countries.
Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.12 million No | 172.97 million No | 170.85 million No | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2020s | 2.4 million No | 215.2 million No | 212.8 million No | Sub-Saharan Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of moderately or severely food insecure male adults (million), Melanesia or Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Sub-Saharan Africa, at 226.8 million No against 2.5 million No in Melanesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of moderately or severely food insecure male adults (million) between Melanesia and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 224.3 million No, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 8 years are reported by both, from 2016 to 2023.
- How do Melanesia and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for number of moderately or severely food insecure male adults (million)?
- Melanesia ranks 9th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 6th of 11 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Number of moderately or severely food insecure male 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.