2.1.2 Number of moderately or severely food insecure people (both sexes or no breakdown by sex) (all age ranges or no breakdown by age) — Value by country
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What the numbers show
2.1.2 Number of moderately or severely food insecure people (both sexes or no breakdown by sex) (all age ranges or no breakdown by age) — Value is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 178,058 1000 No in Nigeria; the lowest is 160.6 1000 No in Slovenia.
The median across all reporting countries is 3,365 1000 No, and the mean is 10,518 1000 No.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,109.
Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Singapore (up 275.3%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 68.8%).
2.1.2 Number of moderately or severely food insecure people (both): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 178,058 1000 No | 2024 | up 169.3% | rising |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 79,350 1000 No | 2024 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 3 | Pakistan | 57,469 1000 No | 2024 | up 88.3% | rising |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 89,267 1000 No | 2024 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 45,409 1000 No | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 5 | Kenya | 40,475 1000 No | 2024 | up 69.6% | rising |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | 39,121 1000 No | 2024 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 6 | Philippines | 37,827 1000 No | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 7 | Egypt | 34,870 1000 No | 2024 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 7 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 34,499 1000 No | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 8 | Afghanistan | 33,178 1000 No | 2024 | up 117.8% | rising |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 9,506 1000 No | 2024 | up 59.9% | rising |
| 9 | Yemen | 30,175 1000 No | 2024 | up 112.0% | rising |
| 9 | Melanesia | 7,130 1000 No | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 10 | Angola | 28,574 1000 No | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 10 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2,675 1000 No | 2024 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 11 | Uganda | 25,799 1000 No | 2024 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 11 | Republic of Moldova | 799.4 1000 No | 2024 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 21,645 1000 No | 2024 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 13 | Brazil | 20,295 1000 No | 2024 | down 24.2% | flat |
| 14 | Madagascar | 19,529 1000 No | 2024 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 15 | Cameroon | 17,741 1000 No | 2024 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 16 | Malawi | 17,665 1000 No | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 17 | Myanmar | 17,076 1000 No | 2024 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 18 | Ghana | 14,959 1000 No | 2024 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 19 | Colombia | 14,824 1000 No | 2024 | up 58.1% | rising |
| 20 | Argentina | 14,476 1000 No | 2024 | up 73.6% | rising |
| 21 | Niger | 13,589 1000 No | 2024 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 22 | South Africa | 13,348 1000 No | 2024 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 23 | Chad | 13,133 1000 No | 2024 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 24 | Ukraine | 12,224 1000 No | 2024 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 25 | Indonesia | 11,845 1000 No | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 11,669 1000 No | 2024 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 27 | Peru | 11,488 1000 No | 2024 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 28 | South Sudan | 10,541 1000 No | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 29 | Côte d'Ivoire | 12,093 1000 No | 2024 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 29 | Nepal | 10,386 1000 No | 2024 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 30 | Haiti | 9,826 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 31 | Zambia | 9,760 1000 No | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 32 | Burkina Faso | 9,710 1000 No | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 33 | Benin | 9,493 1000 No | 2024 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 168.6 1000 No | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 34 | Guatemala | 9,021 1000 No | 2024 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 35 | Algeria | 8,233 1000 No | 2024 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 7,612 1000 No | 2024 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 37 | Japan | 7,593 1000 No | 2024 | up 128.4% | rising |
| 38 | Cambodia | 6,413 1000 No | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 39 | France | 6,224 1000 No | 2024 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 40 | Ecuador | 5,635 1000 No | 2024 | up 67.2% | rising |
| 41 | Malaysia | 5,490 1000 No | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 42 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 5,120 1000 No | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 43 | Senegal | 5,118 1000 No | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 44 | Australia and New Zealand | 5,113 1000 No | 2025 | up 89.5% | rising |
| 45 | Mali | 5,040 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 46 | Togo | 4,737 1000 No | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | 4,716 1000 No | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 48 | Liberia | 4,434 1000 No | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 49 | Honduras | 4,258 1000 No | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 50 | Canada | 4,170 1000 No | 2024 | up 132.3% | rising |
| 51 | Australia | 4,046 1000 No | 2024 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 52 | Russian Federation | 3,810 1000 No | 2024 | down 68.2% | falling |
| 53 | Spain | 3,556 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 54 | Germany | 3,499 1000 No | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 55 | Mauritania | 3,365 1000 No | 2024 | up 222.5% | rising |
| 56 | Thailand | 3,225 1000 No | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 57 | Chile | 3,169 1000 No | 2024 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 58 | Republic of Korea | 2,987 1000 No | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 59 | Tunisia | 2,974 1000 No | 2024 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 60 | Romania | 2,893 1000 No | 2024 | down 24.4% | flat |
| 61 | El Salvador | 2,640 1000 No | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 62 | Lebanon | 2,572 1000 No | 2024 | up 191.6% | rising |
| 63 | Tajikistan | 2,537 1000 No | 2024 | up 53.9% | rising |
| 64 | Libya | 2,336 1000 No | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 65 | Sri Lanka | 2,326 1000 No | 2024 | up 82.7% | rising |
| 66 | Paraguay | 1,786 1000 No | 2024 | up 250.2% | rising |
| 67 | Namibia | 1,634 1000 No | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 68 | Hungary | 1,632 1000 No | 2024 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 69 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1,614 1000 No | 2024 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 70 | Jamaica | 1,585 1000 No | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 71 | Azerbaijan | 1,507 1000 No | 2024 | up 163.5% | rising |
| 72 | Palestine, State of | 1,452 1000 No | 2022 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 73 | Lesotho | 1,441 1000 No | 2024 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 74 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,317 1000 No | 2022 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 75 | Botswana | 1,310 1000 No | 2024 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 76 | Gambia | 1,304 1000 No | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 77 | Portugal | 1,150 1000 No | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 78 | Belgium | 1,095 1000 No | 2024 | up 156.4% | rising |
| 79 | Poland | 1,057 1000 No | 2024 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 80 | Czechia | 972.2 1000 No | 2024 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 81 | New Zealand | 934.5 1000 No | 2024 | up 101.8% | rising |
| 82 | Albania | 888.2 1000 No | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 83 | Georgia | 867.8 1000 No | 2024 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 84 | Sweden | 839.4 1000 No | 2024 | up 90.2% | rising |
| 85 | Israel | 836.6 1000 No | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 86 | Eswatini | 766.5 1000 No | 2024 | — | rising |
| 87 | Finland | 749.3 1000 No | 2024 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 88 | Greece | 720 1000 No | 2024 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 89 | Bulgaria | 711.3 1000 No | 2024 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 90 | Costa Rica | 711.2 1000 No | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 91 | Singapore | 590.4 1000 No | 2024 | up 275.3% | rising |
| 92 | Serbia | 562.6 1000 No | 2024 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 93 | Kyrgyzstan | 530.3 1000 No | 2024 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 94 | Uruguay | 523.6 1000 No | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 95 | Kuwait | 461.4 1000 No | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 96 | Norway | 424 1000 No | 2024 | up 71.3% | rising |
| 97 | Austria | 404.6 1000 No | 2024 | down 15.6% | flat |
| 98 | Slovakia | 400 1000 No | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 99 | Denmark | 370.1 1000 No | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 100 | Mauritius | 359 1000 No | 2024 | up 113.8% | rising |
| 101 | Ireland | 326 1000 No | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 102 | Kazakhstan | 293.6 1000 No | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 103 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 276.3 1000 No | 2024 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 104 | Switzerland | 235.2 1000 No | 2024 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 105 | Latvia | 218 1000 No | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 106 | Armenia | 210 1000 No | 2024 | down 57.9% | falling |
| 107 | Lithuania | 192.2 1000 No | 2024 | down 56.8% | falling |
| 108 | Croatia | 190.9 1000 No | 2024 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 109 | Estonia | 178.3 1000 No | 2024 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 110 | North Macedonia | 167.3 1000 No | 2024 | down 44.3% | flat |
| 111 | Mongolia | 161.9 1000 No | 2024 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 112 | Slovenia | 160.6 1000 No | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 2.12 million 1000 No
- Asia 983,179 1000 No
- Africa 876,967 1000 No
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 674,656 1000 No
- Sub-Saharan Africa 790,083 1000 No
- Middle Africa 166,516 1000 No
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 678,812 1000 No
- Southern Asia 665,449 1000 No
- Eastern Africa 318,884 1000 No
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 35,230 1000 No
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 295,027 1000 No
- Western Africa 286,648 1000 No
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 197,270 1000 No
- Americas 194,388 1000 No
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 193,980 1000 No
- Latin America and the Caribbean 153,076 1000 No
- Western Asia 110,387 1000 No
- Eastern Asia 104,456 1000 No
- Northern America and Europe 98,304 1000 No
- South-Eastern Asia 89,524 1000 No
- South America 88,838 1000 No
- Northern Africa 86,884 1000 No
- Europe 56,991 1000 No
- Northern America 41,312 1000 No
- Central America 41,026 1000 No
- United States of America 36,943 1000 No
- Eastern Europe 24,156 1000 No
- Caribbean 23,212 1000 No
- Southern Africa 18,035 1000 No
- Western Europe 14,753 1000 No
- Central Asia 13,364 1000 No
- Oceania 12,559 1000 No
- Southern Europe 9,234 1000 No
- Northern Europe 8,849 1000 No
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 7,446 1000 No
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