Number of moderately or severely food insecure people (million) in Low-income economies
Low-income economies: Number of moderately or severely food insecure people (million) was 413.5 million No in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of moderately or severely food insecure people (million) in Low-income economies, 2014–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of moderately or severely food insecure people (million) in Low-income economies is 413.5 million No, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 52.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of moderately or severely food insecure people (million) in Low-income economies peaked at 413.5 million No in 2025 and was at its lowest, 258.4 million No, in 2014.
That places Low-income economies 8th out of 34 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Number of moderately or severely food insecure people (million) in Low-income economies, year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 258.4 million No | — |
| 2015 | 272.1 million No | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 286.2 million No | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 305.1 million No | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 314.6 million No | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 320.6 million No | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 350.9 million No | +9.5% |
| 2021 | 372.3 million No | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 380.9 million No | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 393.8 million No | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 408.4 million No | +3.7% |
| 2025 | 413.5 million No | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 292.83 million No | 258.4 million No | 320.6 million No | 6 |
| 2020s | 386.63 million No | 350.9 million No | 413.5 million No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low-income economies
More agriculture & rural data for Low-income economies
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 2,210 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,715 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 13 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 10.1 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 3.5 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 35.8 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 2,253 Int$/cap (2024)
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 39.8 million No (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 2,263 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) 35.7 % (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of moderately or severely food insecure people (million) in Low-income economies?
- Number of moderately or severely food insecure people (million) in Low-income economies was 413.5 million No in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest number of moderately or severely food insecure people (million) recorded in Low-income economies?
- The highest recorded value was 413.5 million No in 2025.
- What is the lowest number of moderately or severely food insecure people (million) recorded in Low-income economies?
- The lowest recorded value was 258.4 million No in 2014.
- How does Low-income economies rank for number of moderately or severely food insecure people (million)?
- Low-income economies ranks 8th out of 34 groups with data for 2025.
- Is number of moderately or severely food insecure people (million) rising or falling in Low-income economies?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low-income economies data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Number of moderately or severely food insecure people (million) (annual value) — Confidence interval: Upper bound. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.