Namibia vs World: Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the female adult

Namibia
53.5 %
in 2023
World
24.3 %
in 2023
Namibia rank
22nd
World rank
21st

Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the female adult over time

  • Namibia
  • World
2030405060201420182023

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 53.5 % against 24.3 % in World, a difference of 29.2 %.

That makes Namibia's figure about 2.2 times World's.

Across all 10 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.

Namibia ranks 22nd and World ranks 21st of 120 countries.

Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Namibia World Difference Ahead
2010s 55.28 % 21.98 % 33.3 % Namibia
2020s 55.58 % 25.35 % 30.23 % Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the female adult, Namibia or World?
Namibia, at 53.5 % against 24.3 % in World as of 2023.
What is the difference in prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the female adult between Namibia and World?
29.2 %, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and World?
10 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2023.
How do Namibia and World rank globally for prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the female adult?
Namibia ranks 22nd and World ranks 21st of 120 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the female adult population (percent) (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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Indicator
Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the female adult population (percent) (3-year average) — Confidence interval: Lower bound
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
168 places, 1,574 data points, 2014–2023
Last refreshed

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.