Coefficient of variation of habitual caloric consumption distribution (real number) — Value by country

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Countries reporting
159
Highest
0.4 No
Afghanistan
Lowest
0.17 No
Uruguay
Median
0.25 No
Years covered
24
2001–2024
Data points
4,014

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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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

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Indicator
Coefficient of variation of habitual caloric consumption distribution (real number) — Value
Unit
No
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
169 places, 4,014 data points, 2001–2024
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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.