2.1.2 Number of severely food insecure people (female) (15 years old and over) — Confidence interval: Lower bound by country

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Countries reporting
71
Highest
17,123 1000 No
Nigeria
Lowest
100.9 1000 No
Albania
Median
622 1000 No
Years covered
12
2014–2025
Data points
1,042

What the numbers show

2.1.2 Number of severely food insecure people (female) (15 years old and over) — Confidence interval: Lower bound is currently reported for 71 countries. The highest value is 17,123 1000 No in Nigeria; the lowest is 100.9 1000 No in Albania.

The median across all reporting countries is 622 1000 No, and the mean is 1,498 1000 No.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 170.

Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 700.5%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (down 81.0%).

2.1.2 Number of severely food insecure people (female) (15 years old): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 17,123 1000 No 2024 up 250.1% rising
2 Ethiopia 5,750 1000 No 2024 up 36.2% rising
3 Pakistan 5,475 1000 No 2024 up 700.5% volatile
4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 12,628 1000 No 2024 up 42.1% rising
4 Egypt 4,746 1000 No 2024 up 75.9% rising
5 Kenya 4,727 1000 No 2024 up 123.0% rising
6 United Republic of Tanzania 4,167 1000 No 2024 up 36.4% rising
6 Malawi 3,895 1000 No 2024 up 64.8% rising
7 Afghanistan 3,490 1000 No 2024 up 240.9% rising
7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,089 1000 No 2024 down 54.4% falling
8 South Sudan 2,295 1000 No 2024 up 19.9% rising
8 Melanesia 1,013 1000 No 2025 up 25.4% rising
9 South Africa 1,976 1000 No 2024 up 25.0% rising
9 Viet Nam 555.7 1000 No 2024 up 236.4% volatile
10 Argentina 1,822 1000 No 2024 up 113.6% rising
10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 122.3 1000 No 2024 down 44.5% falling
11 Cameroon 1,795 1000 No 2024 up 74.9% rising
12 Angola 1,775 1000 No 2024 down 20.6% falling
13 Uganda 1,765 1000 No 2024 down 6.7% falling
14 Haiti 1,723 1000 No 2024 up 6.3% rising
15 Madagascar 1,543 1000 No 2024 up 101.5% rising
16 Mexico 1,510 1000 No 2024 down 7.7% falling
17 Chad 1,326 1000 No 2024 up 12.4% falling
18 Guatemala 1,281 1000 No 2024 up 66.1% rising
19 Myanmar 1,225 1000 No 2024 up 304.9% rising
20 Zimbabwe 1,184 1000 No 2024 down 19.5% falling
21 Nepal 1,151 1000 No 2024 up 36.6% rising
22 Philippines 1,130 1000 No 2024 up 22.4% flat
23 Colombia 1,124 1000 No 2024 up 29.4% rising
24 Zambia 1,070 1000 No 2024 up 11.4% flat
25 Ghana 917.7 1000 No 2024 up 135.2% rising
26 Ukraine 763.8 1000 No 2024 up 162.7% rising
27 Sierra Leone 746.4 1000 No 2024 up 31.7% rising
28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 719.6 1000 No 2024 up 19.5% rising
29 Dominican Republic 710 1000 No 2024 down 21.0% falling
30 France 703.2 1000 No 2024 up 186.3% volatile
31 Côte d'Ivoire 653.1 1000 No 2024 up 76.4% rising
31 Ecuador 622 1000 No 2024 up 188.0% rising
32 Brazil 612.2 1000 No 2024 down 16.5% volatile
33 Australia and New Zealand 592.8 1000 No 2025 up 143.0% rising
34 Honduras 583.8 1000 No 2024 up 27.9% rising
35 Liberia 582.5 1000 No 2024 up 16.3% rising
36 Peru 515.7 1000 No 2024 up 40.3% rising
37 Benin 501.2 1000 No 2024 up 61.6% rising
38 Niger 493 1000 No 2024 up 3.8% flat
39 Burkina Faso 449.1 1000 No 2024 up 86.4% rising
40 Malaysia 441 1000 No 2024 down 19.1% falling
41 Australia 382.9 1000 No 2024 up 85.0% rising
42 Romania 357.6 1000 No 2024 down 26.1% rising
43 Canada 333.1 1000 No 2024 up 160.4% rising
44 Algeria 305.2 1000 No 2024 down 81.0% volatile
45 El Salvador 296.6 1000 No 2024 down 7.8% rising
46 Tunisia 295.2 1000 No 2024 up 4.6% rising
47 Spain 287 1000 No 2024 up 120.8% rising
48 Namibia 266.5 1000 No 2024 up 17.2% rising
49 Libya 260.5 1000 No 2024 up 4.5% rising
50 Jamaica 257.6 1000 No 2024 down 2.1% falling
51 Chile 246 1000 No 2024 up 9.6% rising
52 Lebanon 216.3 1000 No 2024 up 97.0% rising
53 Germany 193.8 1000 No 2022 down 17.4% rising
54 Togo 192.8 1000 No 2024 down 31.1% falling
55 Lesotho 189.5 1000 No 2024 up 1.8% flat
56 Botswana 167.1 1000 No 2024 up 32.0% rising
57 Cambodia 157.2 1000 No 2024 down 35.3% falling
58 Senegal 151.4 1000 No 2024 down 38.2% falling
59 Tajikistan 137.3 1000 No 2024 up 35.5% rising
60 Thailand 130.7 1000 No 2024 down 17.8% falling
61 Gambia 125.1 1000 No 2024 down 8.5% rising
62 Portugal 106.4 1000 No 2021 down 32.9% falling
63 Georgia 105.7 1000 No 2022 down 2.6% rising
64 Albania 100.9 1000 No 2019 falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
2.1.2 Number of severely food insecure people (female) (15 years old and over) — Confidence interval: Lower bound
Unit
1000 No
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
106 places, 1,042 data points, 2014–2025
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