Gender gap in the prevalence of severe food insecurity (15 years old and over) (no breakdown by urbanisation) — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National by country
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...
What the numbers show
Gender gap in the prevalence of severe food insecurity (15 years old and over) (no breakdown by urbanisation) — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National is currently reported for 120 countries. The highest value is 4.9 % in Libya; the lowest is -8.7 % in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is -0.25 %, and the mean is -0.4933 %.
Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Japan (up 1,600.0%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 900.0%).
Gender gap in the prevalence of severe food insecurity (15 years old): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libya | 4.9 % | 2024 | up 214.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1.6 % | 2024 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Jamaica | 3.9 % | 2024 | up 186.7% | volatile |
| 2 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.3 % | 2024 | up 138.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Japan | 1.7 % | 2024 | up 1,600.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Melanesia | 0.1 % | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 4 | Malaysia | 1.6 % | 2024 | down 50.0% | flat |
| 4 | Viet Nam | -0.5 % | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Republic of Korea | 1.3 % | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 6 | Ireland | 1.2 % | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 6 | Kuwait | 1.2 % | 2024 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 7 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | -0.6 % | 2024 | up 87.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Switzerland | 1 % | 2024 | up 900.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | -0.9 % | 2024 | down 134.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Singapore | 0.9 % | 2024 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Sierra Leone | 0.8 % | 2024 | up 157.1% | volatile |
| 10 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.8 % | 2024 | up 138.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0 % | 2024 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 11 | Republic of Moldova | -2.8 % | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Austria | 0.7 % | 2024 | up 240.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Germany | 0.7 % | 2024 | up 333.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Nepal | 0.7 % | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 15 | Finland | 0.6 % | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Gambia | 0.6 % | 2024 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 15 | New Zealand | 0.6 % | 2024 | up 137.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Paraguay | 0.6 % | 2024 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Chile | 0.5 % | 2024 | up 155.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Estonia | 0.4 % | 2024 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 20 | France | 0.4 % | 2024 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Australia | 0.3 % | 2024 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.3 % | 2024 | up 175.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Denmark | 0.2 % | 2024 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 0.2 % | 2024 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Madagascar | 0.2 % | 2024 | up 110.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Myanmar | 0.2 % | 2024 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Niger | 0.2 % | 2024 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Philippines | 0.2 % | 2024 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Israel | 0.1 % | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Armenia | 0 % | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Azerbaijan | 0 % | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Croatia | 0 % | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Haiti | 0 % | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Indonesia | 0 % | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Kazakhstan | 0 % | 2024 | — | flat |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 0 % | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Poland | 0 % | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Slovenia | 0 % | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Russian Federation | 0 % | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Bulgaria | -0.1 % | 2024 | down 125.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Georgia | -0.1 % | 2024 | up 88.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Ghana | -0.1 % | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 48 | Kyrgyzstan | -0.1 % | 2024 | down 200.0% | flat |
| 48 | Lithuania | -0.1 % | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 48 | Mali | -0.1 % | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Mongolia | -0.1 % | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 48 | Sweden | -0.1 % | 2024 | down 150.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Togo | -0.1 % | 2024 | down 103.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Thailand | -0.1 % | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 58 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.2 % | 2024 | down 166.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Czechia | -0.2 % | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Algeria | -0.2 % | 2024 | up 90.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Montenegro | -0.2 % | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Norway | -0.2 % | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Slovakia | -0.2 % | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 64 | Brazil | -0.3 % | 2024 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Canada | -0.3 % | 2024 | down 200.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Greece | -0.3 % | 2024 | down 400.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Latvia | -0.3 % | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Malta | -0.3 % | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 64 | Serbia | -0.3 % | 2024 | down 200.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Ukraine | -0.4 % | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Benin | -0.5 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 71 | Cameroon | -0.5 % | 2024 | down 126.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Guatemala | -0.5 % | 2024 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Costa Rica | -0.6 % | 2024 | — | falling |
| 74 | Nigeria | -0.6 % | 2024 | down 128.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Uganda | -0.6 % | 2024 | down 130.0% | volatile |
| 74 | South Africa | -0.6 % | 2024 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 78 | Colombia | -0.7 % | 2024 | down 133.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Senegal | -0.7 % | 2024 | down 163.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Chad | -0.7 % | 2024 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Belgium | -0.8 % | 2024 | down 900.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Burkina Faso | -0.8 % | 2024 | down 188.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Ethiopia | -0.8 % | 2024 | up 75.8% | volatile |
| 81 | North Macedonia | -0.8 % | 2024 | down 166.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Romania | -0.8 % | 2024 | up 69.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Uruguay | -0.8 % | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 81 | Zimbabwe | -0.8 % | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 88 | Spain | -0.9 % | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Mauritania | -0.9 % | 2024 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Peru | -0.9 % | 2024 | up 30.8% | falling |
| 91 | Hungary | -1 % | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Mexico | -1 % | 2024 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 93 | Cambodia | -1.1 % | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 93 | Tajikistan | -1.1 % | 2024 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Tunisia | -1.1 % | 2024 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Portugal | -1.2 % | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Iceland | -1.3 % | 2024 | down 533.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Lesotho | -1.3 % | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Palestine, State of | -1.3 % | 2022 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 100 | Ecuador | -1.4 % | 2024 | down 180.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Mauritius | -1.4 % | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 102 | Angola | -1.5 % | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 102 | Kenya | -1.5 % | 2024 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 102 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | -1.5 % | 2024 | down 600.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Liberia | -1.6 % | 2024 | up 42.9% | falling |
| 105 | Namibia | -1.6 % | 2024 | up 54.3% | falling |
| 107 | Argentina | -2 % | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 108 | Zambia | -2.2 % | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Albania | -2.4 % | 2024 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 109 | Lebanon | -2.4 % | 2024 | down 177.4% | volatile |
| 111 | El Salvador | -2.8 % | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 112 | Botswana | -3 % | 2024 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 113 | Malawi | -3.1 % | 2024 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 114 | Egypt | -3.3 % | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 115 | Dominican Republic | -3.5 % | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 115 | Honduras | -3.5 % | 2024 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 117 | Pakistan | -3.6 % | 2024 | down 800.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Eswatini | -4.3 % | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Afghanistan | -8.7 % | 2024 | down 690.9% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern Europe 1 %
- Oceania 0.5 %
- High-income economies 0.4 %
- Europe 0.3 %
- Central Asia 0.3 %
- Western Europe 0.3 %
- Eastern Asia 0.3 %
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 0.3 %
- Asia -0.5 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) -0.5 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) -0.9 %
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 0.2 %
- Western Asia 0.1 %
- Middle Africa -1 %
- South-Eastern Asia 0 %
- Northern America and Europe 0 %
- Upper-middle-income economies -0.1 %
- Eastern Europe -0.2 %
- Western Africa -0.4 %
- World -0.5 %
- Northern America -0.5 %
- United States of America -0.5 %
- Southern Europe -0.6 %
- Western Asia and Northern Africa -0.6 %
- South America -0.7 %
- Caribbean -0.7 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa -0.8 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean -0.8 %
- Eastern Africa -0.8 %
- Southern Africa -0.8 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) -0.9 %
- Africa -1 %
- Central America -1.1 %
- Low-income economies -1.1 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) -1.2 %
- Lower-middle-income economies -1.3 %
- Northern Africa -1.6 %
- Southern Asia -1.6 %
- Central Asia and Southern Asia -1.6 %
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.