2.1.2 Number of moderately or severely food insecure people (female) (15 years old and over) — Value 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) — Value is currently reported for 115 countries. The highest value is 52,282 1000 No in Nigeria; the lowest is 102.6 1000 No in Kazakhstan.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,489 1000 No, and the mean is 3,761 1000 No.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 510.
Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Lebanon (up 274.2%), and the largest decrease in Russian Federation (down 70.9%).
2.1.2 Number of moderately or severely food insecure people (female): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 52,282 1000 No | 2024 | up 189.7% | rising |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 24,340 1000 No | 2024 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 3 | Pakistan | 21,097 1000 No | 2024 | up 98.8% | rising |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 24,501 1000 No | 2024 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 17,344 1000 No | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 5 | Philippines | 13,988 1000 No | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 6 | Kenya | 13,201 1000 No | 2024 | up 77.0% | rising |
| 6 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 13,072 1000 No | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 7 | Egypt | 12,571 1000 No | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 11,349 1000 No | 2024 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 8 | Afghanistan | 9,986 1000 No | 2024 | up 130.3% | rising |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 4,333 1000 No | 2024 | up 69.8% | rising |
| 9 | Mexico | 9,949 1000 No | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 9 | Melanesia | 2,344 1000 No | 2025 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 10 | Brazil | 9,874 1000 No | 2024 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 10 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 963 1000 No | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 11 | Yemen | 8,980 1000 No | 2024 | up 105.0% | rising |
| 11 | Republic of Moldova | 420.5 1000 No | 2024 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 12 | Angola | 8,439 1000 No | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 13 | Uganda | 7,462 1000 No | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 14 | Myanmar | 6,776 1000 No | 2024 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 15 | Colombia | 6,535 1000 No | 2024 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 16 | Ukraine | 6,524 1000 No | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 17 | Argentina | 6,295 1000 No | 2024 | up 67.0% | rising |
| 18 | Madagascar | 5,913 1000 No | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 19 | Malawi | 5,525 1000 No | 2024 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 20 | South Africa | 5,283 1000 No | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 21 | Cameroon | 5,273 1000 No | 2024 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 22 | Peru | 5,106 1000 No | 2024 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 23 | Ghana | 4,799 1000 No | 2024 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 24 | Indonesia | 4,489 1000 No | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 25 | Nepal | 3,931 1000 No | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 3,832 1000 No | 2024 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 27 | Chad | 3,588 1000 No | 2024 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 28 | Haiti | 3,528 1000 No | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 29 | Niger | 3,524 1000 No | 2024 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 30 | Guatemala | 3,347 1000 No | 2024 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 31 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3,493 1000 No | 2024 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 31 | South Sudan | 3,330 1000 No | 2024 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 32 | Zambia | 2,984 1000 No | 2024 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 2,938 1000 No | 2024 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 34 | Benin | 2,839 1000 No | 2024 | up 57.4% | rising |
| 35 | Algeria | 2,730 1000 No | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 36 | Cambodia | 2,532 1000 No | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 37 | Japan | 2,486 1000 No | 2024 | up 121.6% | rising |
| 38 | France | 2,474 1000 No | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 2,388 1000 No | 2024 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 40 | Ecuador | 2,333 1000 No | 2024 | up 85.5% | rising |
| 41 | Australia and New Zealand | 2,104 1000 No | 2025 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 42 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2,009 1000 No | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 43 | Spain | 1,957 1000 No | 2024 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 44 | Dominican Republic | 1,930 1000 No | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 45 | Canada | 1,908 1000 No | 2024 | up 135.6% | rising |
| 46 | Malaysia | 1,862 1000 No | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 47 | Australia | 1,757 1000 No | 2024 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 48 | Russian Federation | 1,696 1000 No | 2024 | down 70.9% | falling |
| 49 | Senegal | 1,655 1000 No | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 50 | Honduras | 1,592 1000 No | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 51 | Thailand | 1,512 1000 No | 2024 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 52 | Togo | 1,489 1000 No | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 53 | Germany | 1,469 1000 No | 2024 | down 14.4% | flat |
| 54 | Liberia | 1,371 1000 No | 2024 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 55 | Romania | 1,363 1000 No | 2024 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 56 | Mali | 1,361 1000 No | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 57 | Chile | 1,321 1000 No | 2024 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 58 | Tunisia | 1,204 1000 No | 2024 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 59 | El Salvador | 1,172 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 60 | Lebanon | 1,046 1000 No | 2024 | up 274.2% | rising |
| 61 | Republic of Korea | 1,030 1000 No | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 62 | Mauritania | 1,013 1000 No | 2024 | up 217.9% | rising |
| 63 | Sri Lanka | 958.3 1000 No | 2024 | up 113.4% | rising |
| 64 | Tajikistan | 877.8 1000 No | 2024 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 65 | Hungary | 830.1 1000 No | 2024 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 66 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 789.9 1000 No | 2024 | up 87.0% | rising |
| 67 | Libya | 742 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 68 | Portugal | 666.7 1000 No | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 69 | Paraguay | 655.7 1000 No | 2024 | up 258.5% | rising |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 629.4 1000 No | 2024 | up 155.5% | rising |
| 71 | Jamaica | 617.7 1000 No | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 72 | Poland | 577.2 1000 No | 2024 | down 66.8% | falling |
| 73 | Belgium | 555.8 1000 No | 2024 | up 270.3% | rising |
| 74 | Namibia | 551.4 1000 No | 2024 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 75 | Lesotho | 494.9 1000 No | 2024 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 76 | Palestine, State of | 488.3 1000 No | 2022 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 77 | Czechia | 476.9 1000 No | 2024 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 78 | Botswana | 468.7 1000 No | 2024 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 79 | Albania | 431.7 1000 No | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 80 | Guinea-Bissau | 408.4 1000 No | 2022 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 81 | Georgia | 405.8 1000 No | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 82 | New Zealand | 377.5 1000 No | 2024 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 83 | Gambia | 371 1000 No | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 84 | Sweden | 361.5 1000 No | 2024 | up 87.8% | rising |
| 85 | Finland | 343.8 1000 No | 2024 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 86 | Bulgaria | 343.6 1000 No | 2024 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 87 | Greece | 339.7 1000 No | 2024 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 88 | Costa Rica | 336 1000 No | 2024 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 89 | Israel | 319.5 1000 No | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 90 | Eswatini | 279.6 1000 No | 2024 | — | rising |
| 91 | Singapore | 260.6 1000 No | 2024 | up 116.8% | rising |
| 92 | Uruguay | 252.6 1000 No | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 93 | Serbia | 220.4 1000 No | 2024 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 199.6 1000 No | 2024 | up 53.9% | rising |
| 94 | Slovakia | 199.6 1000 No | 2024 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 96 | Norway | 195.7 1000 No | 2024 | up 88.4% | rising |
| 97 | Austria | 164.6 1000 No | 2024 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 98 | Mauritius | 160.7 1000 No | 2024 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 99 | Denmark | 160.6 1000 No | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 100 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 143.2 1000 No | 2024 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 101 | North Macedonia | 131.1 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 102 | Kuwait | 126.6 1000 No | 2024 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 103 | Ireland | 125.8 1000 No | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 104 | Armenia | 108.9 1000 No | 2024 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 105 | Lithuania | 104.3 1000 No | 2024 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 106 | Croatia | 104.1 1000 No | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 107 | Kazakhstan | 102.6 1000 No | 2024 | down 36.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 753,658 1000 No
- Asia 363,009 1000 No
- Africa 267,510 1000 No
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 208,321 1000 No
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 250,543 1000 No
- Middle Africa 46,672 1000 No
- Southern Asia 246,109 1000 No
- Sub-Saharan Africa 236,856 1000 No
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 13,402 1000 No
- Eastern Africa 97,815 1000 No
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 91,363 1000 No
- Western Africa 85,432 1000 No
- Americas 85,322 1000 No
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 74,380 1000 No
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 68,740 1000 No
- Latin America and the Caribbean 65,116 1000 No
- Northern America and Europe 53,468 1000 No
- Eastern Asia 39,193 1000 No
- Western Asia 38,086 1000 No
- South America 38,081 1000 No
- South-Eastern Asia 35,187 1000 No
- Europe 33,261 1000 No
- Northern Africa 30,654 1000 No
- Northern America 20,206 1000 No
- United States of America 18,211 1000 No
- Central America 17,586 1000 No
- Eastern Europe 12,132 1000 No
- Caribbean 9,448 1000 No
- Northern Europe 9,310 1000 No
- Southern Africa 6,936 1000 No
- Western Europe 6,822 1000 No
- Southern Europe 4,997 1000 No
- Oceania 4,557 1000 No
- Central Asia 4,434 1000 No
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 2,453 1000 No
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