Number of moderately or severely food insecure male adults (million) (annual value) — 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
Number of moderately or severely food insecure male adults (million) (annual value) — Value is currently reported for 2 countries. The highest value is 2.1 million No in Australia and New Zealand; the lowest is 2.4 million No in Melanesia.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.25 million No, and the mean is 2.25 million No.
Number of moderately or severely food insecure male adults (million): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.1 million No | 2025 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 5 | Melanesia | 2.4 million No | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 722.2 million No
- Asia 367.6 million No
- Lower-middle-income economies 395.1 million No
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 195.9 million No
- Africa 256.5 million No
- Middle Africa 45.3 million No
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 248 million No
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 12.5 million No
- Southern Asia 243.4 million No
- Sub-Saharan Africa 229.2 million No
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 176 million No
- Upper-middle-income economies 130.5 million No
- Low-income economies 115.5 million No
- Eastern Africa 92.9 million No
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 86.3 million No
- Western Africa 85 million No
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 81.4 million No
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 65.5 million No
- Latin America and the Caribbean 52.5 million No
- High-income economies 50.5 million No
- Eastern Asia 49.6 million No
- Northern America and Europe 40.8 million No
- Western Asia 38.2 million No
- South-Eastern Asia 31.8 million No
- South America 31.3 million No
- Northern Africa 27.3 million No
- Europe 26.7 million No
- Northern America 14.1 million No
- Central America 12.7 million No
- Northern Europe 9.4 million No
- Caribbean 8.6 million No
- Eastern Europe 8.6 million No
- Southern Africa 6 million No
- Western Europe 5.7 million No
- Oceania 4.7 million No
- Central Asia 4.6 million No
- Southern Europe 3 million No
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 2.5 million 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.