2.1.2 Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity (15 years old) in Upper-middle-income economies
Upper-middle-income economies: 2.1.2 Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity (15 years old) was 12.5 % in 2024. ▬ Flat
2.1.2 Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity (15 years old) in Upper-middle-income economies, 2015–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, 2.1.2 prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity (15 years old) in Upper-middle-income economies stood at 12.5 %. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.7% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, 2.1.2 prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity (15 years old) in Upper-middle-income economies peaked at 15.2 % in 2021 and was at its lowest, 12.5 %, in 2024.
Upper-middle-income economies ranks 28th of 37 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
2.1.2 Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity (15 years old) in Upper-middle-income economies, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12.8 % | — |
| 2016 | 14.2 % | +10.9% |
| 2017 | 14.7 % | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 14.8 % | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 14.5 % | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 14.9 % | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 15.2 % | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 14.5 % | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 13.4 % | -7.6% |
| 2024 | 12.5 % | -6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 14.2 % | 12.8 % | 14.8 % | 5 |
| 2020s | 14.1 % | 12.5 % | 15.2 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Upper-middle-income economies
More agriculture & rural data for Upper-middle-income economies
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 2,432 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,878 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 20 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 16.7 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 8.6 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 10.8 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 21,738 Int$/cap (2024)
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 361.7 million No (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 3,287 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) 20.1 % (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is 2.1.2 prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity (15 years old) in Upper-middle-income economies?
- 2.1.2 prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity (15 years old) in Upper-middle-income economies was 12.5 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest 2.1.2 prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity (15 years old) recorded in Upper-middle-income economies?
- The highest recorded value was 15.2 % in 2021.
- What is the lowest 2.1.2 prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity (15 years old) recorded in Upper-middle-income economies?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.5 % in 2024.
- How does Upper-middle-income economies rank for 2.1.2 prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity (15 years old)?
- Upper-middle-income economies ranks 28th out of 37 groups with data for 2024.
- Is 2.1.2 prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity (15 years old) rising or falling in Upper-middle-income economies?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Upper-middle-income economies data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of 2.1.2 Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity (15 years old and over) (no breakdown by urbanisation) — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.