Coefficient of variation of habitual caloric consumption distribution (real number) — Value by country
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture...
What the numbers show
Coefficient of variation of habitual caloric consumption distribution (real number) — Value is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 0.4 No in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0.17 No in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.25 No, and the mean is 0.2637 No.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan (up 37.9%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 16.0%).
Coefficient of variation of habitual caloric consumption distribution: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 0.4 No | 2024 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 1 | Haiti | 0.4 No | 2024 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 1 | Malawi | 0.4 No | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.39 No | 2024 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 2 | Cabo Verde | 0.25 No | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 4 | Guinea | 0.39 No | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 0.29 No | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 5 | Gabon | 0.38 No | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 5 | Nicaragua | 0.38 No | 2022 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 0.37 No | 2024 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 7 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.37 No | 2024 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 7 | Guatemala | 0.37 No | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 7 | Zambia | 0.37 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Türkiye | 0.24 No | 2024 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 10 | Timor-Leste | 0.22 No | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 11 | Liberia | 0.36 No | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 11 | Libya | 0.36 No | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 11 | Mauritania | 0.36 No | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 11 | Sierra Leone | 0.36 No | 2024 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 11 | Somalia | 0.36 No | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 16 | Botswana | 0.35 No | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 16 | Egypt | 0.35 No | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 16 | Mali | 0.35 No | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 19 | Benin | 0.34 No | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 19 | Morocco | 0.34 No | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 19 | Niger | 0.34 No | 2024 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 19 | Nigeria | 0.34 No | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 23 | Burkina Faso | 0.33 No | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 23 | Rwanda | 0.33 No | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Chad | 0.33 No | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 26 | Iraq | 0.32 No | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 26 | Namibia | 0.32 No | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 26 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.32 No | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 26 | Vanuatu | 0.32 No | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 30 | Ghana | 0.31 No | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 30 | Honduras | 0.31 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Madagascar | 0.31 No | 2024 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 30 | Pakistan | 0.31 No | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 30 | Uganda | 0.31 No | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 35 | Albania | 0.3 No | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 35 | Central African Republic | 0.3 No | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 35 | Djibouti | 0.3 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Lebanon | 0.3 No | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 35 | Mauritius | 0.3 No | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 35 | Panama | 0.3 No | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 35 | Solomon Islands | 0.3 No | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 35 | Tunisia | 0.3 No | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 43 | Angola | 0.29 No | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 43 | Algeria | 0.29 No | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 43 | Kenya | 0.29 No | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 43 | Sudan | 0.29 No | 2021 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 43 | South Sudan | 0.29 No | 2024 | — | flat |
| 43 | Eswatini | 0.29 No | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 49 | Argentina | 0.28 No | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 49 | Fiji | 0.28 No | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 49 | Indonesia | 0.28 No | 2024 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 49 | Kiribati | 0.28 No | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 49 | Mexico | 0.28 No | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 49 | Nepal | 0.28 No | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 49 | Togo | 0.28 No | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 49 | Tajikistan | 0.28 No | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 49 | Samoa | 0.28 No | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 49 | Zimbabwe | 0.28 No | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 59 | Colombia | 0.27 No | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 59 | Ecuador | 0.27 No | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 59 | Gambia | 0.27 No | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 59 | Jordan | 0.27 No | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 59 | Mozambique | 0.27 No | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 59 | New Caledonia | 0.27 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 59 | Papua New Guinea | 0.27 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 59 | Paraguay | 0.27 No | 2024 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 59 | Saudi Arabia | 0.27 No | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 59 | El Salvador | 0.27 No | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 69 | Brazil | 0.26 No | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 69 | Barbados | 0.26 No | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 69 | Congo | 0.26 No | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 69 | Comoros | 0.26 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | India | 0.26 No | 2024 | up 13.0% | flat |
| 69 | Oman | 0.26 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Senegal | 0.26 No | 2024 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 69 | South Africa | 0.26 No | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 77 | Bangladesh | 0.25 No | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 77 | Cameroon | 0.25 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Dominican Republic | 0.25 No | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 77 | Guyana | 0.25 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Jamaica | 0.25 No | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 77 | Kuwait | 0.25 No | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 77 | Myanmar | 0.25 No | 2024 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 77 | Peru | 0.25 No | 2024 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 77 | Philippines | 0.25 No | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 77 | Uzbekistan | 0.25 No | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 87 | Belize | 0.24 No | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 87 | Dominica | 0.24 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 87 | Kazakhstan | 0.24 No | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 87 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.24 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 87 | Suriname | 0.24 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 87 | Turkmenistan | 0.24 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 87 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.24 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | United Arab Emirates | 0.23 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Cuba | 0.23 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Sri Lanka | 0.23 No | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 94 | French Polynesia | 0.23 No | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 94 | Seychelles | 0.23 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Ukraine | 0.23 No | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 100 | Australia | 0.22 No | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 0.22 No | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 100 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.22 No | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 100 | Hungary | 0.22 No | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 100 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.22 No | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 100 | Cambodia | 0.22 No | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 100 | Lithuania | 0.22 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Latvia | 0.22 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | North Macedonia | 0.22 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Mongolia | 0.22 No | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 100 | Romania | 0.22 No | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 100 | Thailand | 0.22 No | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 100 | Republic of Korea | 0.22 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Russian Federation | 0.22 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.22 No | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 115 | Austria | 0.21 No | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 115 | Belgium | 0.21 No | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 115 | Belarus | 0.21 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Canada | 0.21 No | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 115 | Chile | 0.21 No | 2024 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 115 | Czechia | 0.21 No | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 115 | Denmark | 0.21 No | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 115 | Spain | 0.21 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Estonia | 0.21 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Finland | 0.21 No | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 115 | France | 0.21 No | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 115 | Georgia | 0.21 No | 2024 | down 16.0% | flat |
| 115 | Greece | 0.21 No | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 115 | Croatia | 0.21 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Malta | 0.21 No | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 115 | Montenegro | 0.21 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Malaysia | 0.21 No | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 115 | Norway | 0.21 No | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 115 | New Zealand | 0.21 No | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 115 | Slovenia | 0.21 No | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 115 | Sweden | 0.21 No | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 115 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.21 No | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 115 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.21 No | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 138 | Armenia | 0.2 No | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 138 | Switzerland | 0.2 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Germany | 0.2 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Iceland | 0.2 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Israel | 0.2 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Italy | 0.2 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Luxembourg | 0.2 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Poland | 0.2 No | 2024 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 138 | Portugal | 0.2 No | 2024 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 138 | Serbia | 0.2 No | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 148 | Bulgaria | 0.19 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Costa Rica | 0.19 No | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 148 | Ireland | 0.19 No | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 151 | Cyprus | 0.18 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 151 | China, mainland | 0.18 No | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 153 | Japan | 0.17 No | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Uruguay | 0.17 No | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.4 No
- Côte d'Ivoire 0.35 No
- United Republic of Tanzania 0.35 No
- United States of America 0.17 No
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.26 No
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.26 No
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.25 No
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.23 No
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.21 No
- Republic of Moldova 0.2 No
About this data
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.