Melanesia vs Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand: Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult population
Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult population over time
- Melanesia
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 26.1 % against 24.4 % in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand, a difference of 1.7 %.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 1.1 times Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand's.
Across all 9 years both countries report, Melanesia has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 2nd and Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand ranks 4th of 5 countries.
Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 25.23 % | 23.4 % | 1.83 % | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 25.92 % | 24.13 % | 1.78 % | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult population, Melanesia or Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand?
- Melanesia, at 26.1 % against 24.4 % in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand as of 2025.
- What is the difference in prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult population between Melanesia and Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand?
- 1.7 %, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2025.
- How do Melanesia and Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand rank globally for prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult population?
- Melanesia ranks 2nd and Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand ranks 4th of 5 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult population (percent) (annual value) — 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.