2.1.2 Number of moderately or severely food insecure people (female) (15 years old and over) — Confidence interval: Lower bound by country
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What the numbers show
2.1.2 Number of moderately or severely food insecure people (female) (15 years old and over) — Confidence interval: Lower bound is currently reported for 111 countries. The highest value is 50,895 1000 No in Nigeria; the lowest is 103.1 1000 No in Kuwait.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,420 1000 No, and the mean is 3,669 1000 No.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 494.
Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 388.8%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 74.0%).
2.1.2 Number of moderately or severely food insecure people (female): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 50,895 1000 No | 2024 | up 205.3% | rising |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 22,348 1000 No | 2024 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 3 | Pakistan | 20,608 1000 No | 2024 | up 97.6% | rising |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 23,961 1000 No | 2024 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 16,214 1000 No | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 5 | Philippines | 13,501 1000 No | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 6 | Kenya | 12,939 1000 No | 2024 | up 78.0% | rising |
| 6 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 12,339 1000 No | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 7 | Egypt | 11,450 1000 No | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 10,923 1000 No | 2024 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 9,704 1000 No | 2024 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 3,576 1000 No | 2024 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 9 | Mexico | 9,616 1000 No | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 9 | Melanesia | 2,266 1000 No | 2025 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 10 | Afghanistan | 9,229 1000 No | 2024 | up 144.4% | rising |
| 10 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 895.9 1000 No | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 11 | Yemen | 8,866 1000 No | 2024 | up 118.5% | rising |
| 11 | Republic of Moldova | 364.1 1000 No | 2024 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 12 | Angola | 8,377 1000 No | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 13 | Uganda | 7,257 1000 No | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 14 | Colombia | 6,352 1000 No | 2024 | up 71.2% | rising |
| 15 | Ukraine | 6,021 1000 No | 2024 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 16 | Myanmar | 5,914 1000 No | 2024 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 17 | Madagascar | 5,763 1000 No | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 18 | Argentina | 5,742 1000 No | 2024 | up 75.2% | rising |
| 19 | Malawi | 5,452 1000 No | 2024 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 20 | South Africa | 5,032 1000 No | 2024 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 21 | Peru | 5,007 1000 No | 2024 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 22 | Cameroon | 4,970 1000 No | 2024 | up 75.5% | rising |
| 23 | Ghana | 4,661 1000 No | 2024 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 24 | Indonesia | 4,314 1000 No | 2024 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 25 | Nepal | 3,632 1000 No | 2024 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 3,620 1000 No | 2024 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 27 | Chad | 3,465 1000 No | 2024 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 28 | Niger | 3,400 1000 No | 2024 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 29 | Haiti | 3,378 1000 No | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 30 | South Sudan | 3,268 1000 No | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 31 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3,334 1000 No | 2024 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 31 | Guatemala | 3,143 1000 No | 2024 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 32 | Zambia | 2,875 1000 No | 2024 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 2,760 1000 No | 2024 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 34 | Benin | 2,755 1000 No | 2024 | up 58.1% | rising |
| 35 | Cambodia | 2,320 1000 No | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 2,317 1000 No | 2024 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 37 | France | 2,173 1000 No | 2024 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 38 | Algeria | 2,119 1000 No | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 39 | Ecuador | 2,117 1000 No | 2024 | up 98.8% | rising |
| 40 | Australia and New Zealand | 1,937 1000 No | 2025 | up 77.4% | rising |
| 41 | Canada | 1,867 1000 No | 2024 | up 154.1% | rising |
| 42 | Japan | 1,790 1000 No | 2024 | up 168.5% | rising |
| 43 | Dominican Republic | 1,777 1000 No | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 44 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1,582 1000 No | 2024 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 45 | Honduras | 1,568 1000 No | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 46 | Malaysia | 1,564 1000 No | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 47 | Australia | 1,550 1000 No | 2024 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 48 | Spain | 1,543 1000 No | 2024 | up 22.9% | flat |
| 49 | Senegal | 1,524 1000 No | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 50 | Togo | 1,420 1000 No | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 51 | Liberia | 1,338 1000 No | 2024 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 52 | Chile | 1,301 1000 No | 2024 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 53 | Russian Federation | 1,276 1000 No | 2024 | down 73.6% | falling |
| 54 | Thailand | 1,258 1000 No | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 55 | Mali | 1,240 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 56 | Romania | 1,164 1000 No | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 57 | El Salvador | 1,095 1000 No | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 58 | Tunisia | 1,061 1000 No | 2024 | up 71.9% | rising |
| 59 | Germany | 1,015 1000 No | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 60 | Mauritania | 983.6 1000 No | 2024 | up 239.4% | rising |
| 61 | Lebanon | 967.8 1000 No | 2024 | up 326.3% | rising |
| 62 | Sri Lanka | 926.8 1000 No | 2024 | up 119.2% | rising |
| 63 | Tajikistan | 748.3 1000 No | 2024 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 64 | Republic of Korea | 699.9 1000 No | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 65 | Libya | 654.3 1000 No | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 66 | Hungary | 652.7 1000 No | 2024 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 67 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 632.1 1000 No | 2024 | up 89.9% | rising |
| 68 | Paraguay | 584.1 1000 No | 2024 | up 388.8% | rising |
| 69 | Jamaica | 557.5 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 548.3 1000 No | 2024 | up 195.7% | rising |
| 71 | Namibia | 528.5 1000 No | 2024 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 72 | Portugal | 516.5 1000 No | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 73 | Lesotho | 483.1 1000 No | 2024 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 74 | Botswana | 441.1 1000 No | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 75 | Palestine, State of | 437.9 1000 No | 2022 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 76 | Belgium | 430 1000 No | 2024 | up 298.5% | rising |
| 77 | Albania | 394.2 1000 No | 2024 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 78 | Guinea-Bissau | 393.8 1000 No | 2022 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 79 | Czechia | 385.3 1000 No | 2024 | up 76.0% | rising |
| 80 | Poland | 378.8 1000 No | 2024 | down 74.0% | falling |
| 81 | Georgia | 366.5 1000 No | 2024 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 82 | New Zealand | 350.7 1000 No | 2024 | up 82.4% | rising |
| 83 | Gambia | 340.8 1000 No | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 84 | Costa Rica | 320.6 1000 No | 2024 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 85 | Sweden | 294.2 1000 No | 2024 | up 107.2% | rising |
| 86 | Greece | 292.5 1000 No | 2024 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 87 | Bulgaria | 276.2 1000 No | 2024 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 88 | Eswatini | 264.6 1000 No | 2024 | — | rising |
| 89 | Israel | 257.4 1000 No | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 90 | Uruguay | 233.3 1000 No | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 91 | Singapore | 205.2 1000 No | 2024 | — | rising |
| 92 | Serbia | 167.4 1000 No | 2024 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 93 | Kyrgyzstan | 158.4 1000 No | 2024 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 94 | Slovakia | 153.6 1000 No | 2024 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 95 | Mauritius | 143.4 1000 No | 2024 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 96 | Finland | 134.3 1000 No | 2024 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 97 | Denmark | 126 1000 No | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 98 | Austria | 120.5 1000 No | 2023 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 99 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 119 1000 No | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 100 | Croatia | 118.4 1000 No | 2022 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 101 | North Macedonia | 114.2 1000 No | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 102 | Lithuania | 110.7 1000 No | 2020 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 103 | Kuwait | 103.1 1000 No | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 737,677 1000 No
- Asia 347,424 1000 No
- Africa 264,414 1000 No
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 205,354 1000 No
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 236,417 1000 No
- Middle Africa 45,951 1000 No
- Sub-Saharan Africa 234,105 1000 No
- Southern Asia 231,987 1000 No
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 13,076 1000 No
- Eastern Africa 95,607 1000 No
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 89,034 1000 No
- Americas 84,380 1000 No
- Western Africa 83,980 1000 No
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 68,033 1000 No
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 66,487 1000 No
- Latin America and the Caribbean 64,206 1000 No
- Northern America and Europe 52,028 1000 No
- South America 37,328 1000 No
- Western Asia 36,337 1000 No
- South-Eastern Asia 33,897 1000 No
- Eastern Asia 32,978 1000 No
- Europe 31,842 1000 No
- Northern Africa 29,234 1000 No
- Northern America 19,963 1000 No
- United States of America 17,973 1000 No
- Central America 17,178 1000 No
- Eastern Europe 11,420 1000 No
- Caribbean 9,141 1000 No
- Northern Europe 8,397 1000 No
- Southern Africa 6,688 1000 No
- Western Europe 6,209 1000 No
- Southern Europe 4,452 1000 No
- Oceania 4,373 1000 No
- Central Asia 4,097 1000 No
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 2,375 1000 No
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