2.1.2 Number of moderately or severely food insecure people (male) (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 (male) (15 years old and over) — Confidence interval: Lower bound is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 51,356 1000 No in Nigeria; the lowest is 110.1 1000 No in Ireland.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,337 1000 No, and the mean is 3,482 1000 No.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 466.
Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 432.8%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 80.6%).
2.1.2 Number of moderately or severely food insecure people (male): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 51,356 1000 No | 2024 | up 196.6% | rising |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 21,865 1000 No | 2024 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 3 | Pakistan | 14,735 1000 No | 2024 | up 88.9% | rising |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 23,172 1000 No | 2024 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 14,259 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 5 | Philippines | 12,763 1000 No | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 12,411 1000 No | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 6 | Kenya | 12,071 1000 No | 2024 | up 95.7% | rising |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 10,693 1000 No | 2024 | up 73.6% | rising |
| 7 | Egypt | 10,049 1000 No | 2024 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 8 | Yemen | 8,671 1000 No | 2024 | up 145.9% | rising |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 2,388 1000 No | 2024 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 7,891 1000 No | 2024 | up 134.7% | rising |
| 9 | Melanesia | 2,358 1000 No | 2025 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 10 | Angola | 7,415 1000 No | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 10 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 818.9 1000 No | 2024 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 11 | Uganda | 6,889 1000 No | 2024 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 11 | Republic of Moldova | 196.8 1000 No | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 12 | Brazil | 6,336 1000 No | 2024 | down 24.2% | flat |
| 13 | Mexico | 6,250 1000 No | 2024 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 14 | Madagascar | 5,784 1000 No | 2024 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 15 | Myanmar | 5,289 1000 No | 2024 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 16 | Colombia | 5,097 1000 No | 2024 | up 63.7% | rising |
| 17 | Malawi | 4,862 1000 No | 2024 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 18 | Cameroon | 4,801 1000 No | 2024 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 19 | Ghana | 4,663 1000 No | 2024 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 20 | Argentina | 4,491 1000 No | 2024 | up 113.2% | rising |
| 21 | South Africa | 4,340 1000 No | 2024 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 22 | Indonesia | 4,222 1000 No | 2024 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 23 | Ukraine | 3,662 1000 No | 2024 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 24 | Niger | 3,602 1000 No | 2024 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 25 | Peru | 3,539 1000 No | 2024 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 26 | Japan | 3,519 1000 No | 2024 | up 198.5% | rising |
| 27 | Chad | 3,338 1000 No | 2024 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 28 | Nepal | 3,201 1000 No | 2024 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 29 | Haiti | 3,125 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 30 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3,487 1000 No | 2024 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 30 | South Sudan | 3,054 1000 No | 2024 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 2,888 1000 No | 2024 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 32 | Benin | 2,617 1000 No | 2024 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 33 | Zambia | 2,605 1000 No | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 2,545 1000 No | 2024 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 35 | Guatemala | 2,533 1000 No | 2024 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 36 | Algeria | 2,461 1000 No | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 37 | France | 2,371 1000 No | 2024 | up 91.6% | rising |
| 38 | Sierra Leone | 2,235 1000 No | 2024 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 39 | Malaysia | 2,058 1000 No | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 40 | Australia and New Zealand | 1,834 1000 No | 2025 | up 157.2% | rising |
| 41 | Cambodia | 1,771 1000 No | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 42 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1,768 1000 No | 2024 | up 211.6% | rising |
| 43 | Ecuador | 1,683 1000 No | 2024 | up 84.7% | rising |
| 44 | Canada | 1,607 1000 No | 2024 | up 160.1% | rising |
| 45 | Senegal | 1,379 1000 No | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 46 | Dominican Republic | 1,364 1000 No | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 47 | Australia | 1,346 1000 No | 2024 | up 95.7% | rising |
| 48 | Honduras | 1,328 1000 No | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 49 | Chile | 1,286 1000 No | 2024 | up 112.0% | rising |
| 50 | Liberia | 1,270 1000 No | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 51 | Togo | 1,257 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 52 | Republic of Korea | 1,251 1000 No | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 53 | Mali | 1,230 1000 No | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 54 | Thailand | 1,008 1000 No | 2024 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 55 | Germany | 998.4 1000 No | 2024 | up 17.1% | flat |
| 56 | Russian Federation | 931.6 1000 No | 2024 | down 71.8% | falling |
| 57 | Tunisia | 908.5 1000 No | 2024 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 58 | Romania | 908.4 1000 No | 2024 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 59 | Mauritania | 888.2 1000 No | 2024 | up 271.3% | rising |
| 60 | Spain | 872.1 1000 No | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 61 | Libya | 867.3 1000 No | 2024 | up 72.5% | rising |
| 62 | Sri Lanka | 823.8 1000 No | 2024 | up 73.5% | rising |
| 63 | Lebanon | 789.3 1000 No | 2024 | up 170.0% | rising |
| 64 | El Salvador | 729.3 1000 No | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 65 | Jamaica | 613.8 1000 No | 2024 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 66 | Tajikistan | 604.9 1000 No | 2024 | up 67.6% | rising |
| 67 | Paraguay | 534.9 1000 No | 2024 | up 432.8% | rising |
| 68 | Azerbaijan | 469.1 1000 No | 2024 | up 215.0% | rising |
| 69 | Namibia | 457.5 1000 No | 2024 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 70 | Hungary | 456.1 1000 No | 2024 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 71 | Lesotho | 432.7 1000 No | 2024 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 72 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 422.6 1000 No | 2024 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 73 | Botswana | 391.5 1000 No | 2024 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 74 | Gambia | 377.9 1000 No | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 75 | Guinea-Bissau | 371.8 1000 No | 2022 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 76 | New Zealand | 365.8 1000 No | 2024 | up 235.3% | rising |
| 77 | Palestine, State of | 349.7 1000 No | 2022 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 78 | Sweden | 285.5 1000 No | 2024 | up 134.8% | rising |
| 79 | Albania | 269.4 1000 No | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 80 | Czechia | 262.9 1000 No | 2024 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 81 | Portugal | 261.8 1000 No | 2024 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 82 | Belgium | 261.6 1000 No | 2024 | up 74.9% | rising |
| 83 | Georgia | 240.7 1000 No | 2024 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 84 | Israel | 236.4 1000 No | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 85 | Greece | 235 1000 No | 2024 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 86 | Kuwait | 231.2 1000 No | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 87 | Costa Rica | 227.3 1000 No | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 88 | Eswatini | 214.1 1000 No | 2024 | — | flat |
| 89 | Bulgaria | 200.4 1000 No | 2024 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 90 | Poland | 176.5 1000 No | 2024 | down 80.6% | falling |
| 91 | Finland | 175.8 1000 No | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 92 | Uruguay | 158.6 1000 No | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 93 | Austria | 135.1 1000 No | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 94 | Mauritius | 128.8 1000 No | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 95 | Serbia | 123.4 1000 No | 2024 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 96 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 119.1 1000 No | 2022 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 97 | Kyrgyzstan | 118.6 1000 No | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 98 | Ireland | 110.1 1000 No | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 705,550 1000 No
- Asia 351,413 1000 No
- Africa 253,431 1000 No
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 192,804 1000 No
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 232,653 1000 No
- Middle Africa 44,713 1000 No
- Southern Asia 228,045 1000 No
- Sub-Saharan Africa 226,378 1000 No
- Eastern Africa 90,551 1000 No
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 12,252 1000 No
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 83,768 1000 No
- Western Africa 83,490 1000 No
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 76,409 1000 No
- Americas 65,492 1000 No
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 63,433 1000 No
- Latin America and the Caribbean 51,572 1000 No
- Eastern Asia 44,741 1000 No
- Northern America and Europe 39,262 1000 No
- Western Asia 36,507 1000 No
- South-Eastern Asia 30,764 1000 No
- South America 30,444 1000 No
- Northern Africa 26,114 1000 No
- Europe 25,285 1000 No
- Northern America 13,467 1000 No
- Central America 12,293 1000 No
- United States of America 11,678 1000 No
- Northern Europe 8,426 1000 No
- Caribbean 8,284 1000 No
- Eastern Europe 7,863 1000 No
- Southern Africa 5,748 1000 No
- Western Europe 5,111 1000 No
- Oceania 4,370 1000 No
- Central Asia 4,134 1000 No
- Southern Europe 2,586 1000 No
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 2,467 1000 No
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