2.1.2 Prevalence of severe food insecurity (15 years old and over) in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): 2.1.2 Prevalence of severe food insecurity (15 years old and over) was 24.1 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
2.1.2 Prevalence of severe food insecurity (15 years old and over) in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 2015–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, 2.1.2 prevalence of severe food insecurity (15 years old and over) in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) stood at 24.1 %.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, 2.1.2 prevalence of severe food insecurity (15 years old and over) in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 24.2 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 19.7 %, in 2015.
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 2nd of 37 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
2.1.2 Prevalence of severe food insecurity (15 years old and over) in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 19.7 % | — |
| 2016 | 20.6 % | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 21.5 % | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 21.6 % | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 22.1 % | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 22.8 % | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 23.7 % | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 23.9 % | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 24.2 % | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 24.1 % | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 21.1 % | 19.7 % | 22.1 % | 5 |
| 2020s | 23.74 % | 22.8 % | 24.2 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 43.4 % compare
- 1 South Sudan 62.9 % compare
- 2 Malawi 56.5 % compare
- 3 Haiti 45.4 % compare
- 3 Caribbean 23.9 % compare
- 3 Melanesia 24.8 % compare
- 4 Liberia 34.7 % compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 23.6 % compare
- 5 Sierra Leone 32.3 % compare
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- Milk, Total — Milk Animals, annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.3055 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield, annual growth rate 0.9219 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Production, annual growth rate 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.2261 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 4.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.9081 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production, annual growth rate 3.02 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is 2.1.2 prevalence of severe food insecurity (15 years old and over) in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- 2.1.2 prevalence of severe food insecurity (15 years old and over) in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 24.1 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest 2.1.2 prevalence of severe food insecurity (15 years old and over) recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 24.2 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest 2.1.2 prevalence of severe food insecurity (15 years old and over) recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.7 % in 2015.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for 2.1.2 prevalence of severe food insecurity (15 years old and over)?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 2nd out of 37 groups with data for 2024.
- Is 2.1.2 prevalence of severe food insecurity (15 years old and over) rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of 2.1.2 Prevalence of severe food insecurity (15 years old and over) (no breakdown by urbanisation) — Value — Male — 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.