Gender gap in the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand
Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand: Gender gap in the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity was 0.3 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gender gap in the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand, 2015–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gender gap in the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand is 0.3 %, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender gap in the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand peaked at 0.4 % in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.3 %, in 2015.
That places Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 4th out of 37 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Gender gap in the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.3 % | — |
| 2016 | 0.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4 % | +33.3% |
| 2019 | 0.3 % | -25.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4 % | +33.3% |
| 2021 | 0.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3 % | -25.0% |
| 2024 | 0.3 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.32 % | 0.3 % | 0.4 % | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.36 % | 0.3 % | 0.4 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand
- 1 Libya 7.1 % compare
- 1 United Republic of Tanzania 1.5 % compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.8 % compare
- 2 Jamaica 6.4 % compare
- 3 Gambia 5.6 % compare
- 3 Melanesia 0.2 % compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo -0.1 % compare
- 4 Japan 3.5 % compare
- 5 Republic of Korea 2.7 % compare
- 6 Malaysia 2.6 % compare
- 7 Côte d'Ivoire 0.1 % compare
- 7 France 1.6 % compare
- 7 Kuwait 1.6 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,756 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 2,267 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 19 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 30.7 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 16 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 41.5 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 4,854 Int$/cap (2024)
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 2.6 million No (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 2,313 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) 28.8 % (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gender gap in the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand?
- Gender gap in the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand was 0.3 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gender gap in the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity recorded in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4 % in 2018.
- What is the lowest gender gap in the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity recorded in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3 % in 2015.
- How does Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand rank for gender gap in the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity?
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand ranks 4th out of 37 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gender gap in the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity rising or falling in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gender gap in the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity (15 years old and over) (no breakdown by urbanisation) — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.