Number of moderately or severely food insecure people (million) in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Number of moderately or severely food insecure people (million) was 8.1 million No in 2025. ▼ Falling
Number of moderately or severely food insecure people (million) in Southern Europe, 2014–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 8.1 million No for number of moderately or severely food insecure people (million) in 2025.
The figure is up 14.1% on the previous year and down 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of moderately or severely food insecure people (million) in Southern Europe peaked at 12.2 million No in 2017 and was at its lowest, 7.1 million No, in 2024.
That places Southern Europe 32nd out of 34 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Number of moderately or severely food insecure people (million) in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 11.6 million No | — |
| 2015 | 10.5 million No | -9.5% |
| 2016 | 9.4 million No | -10.5% |
| 2017 | 12.2 million No | +29.8% |
| 2018 | 9.7 million No | -20.5% |
| 2019 | 9.5 million No | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 11.2 million No | +17.9% |
| 2021 | 9.6 million No | -14.3% |
| 2022 | 8.8 million No | -8.3% |
| 2023 | 8.5 million No | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 7.1 million No | -16.5% |
| 2025 | 8.1 million No | +14.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10.48 million No | 9.4 million No | 12.2 million No | 6 |
| 2020s | 8.88 million No | 7.1 million No | 11.2 million No | 6 |
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- Eggs Primary — Laying, annual growth rate -2.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Production, annual growth rate 0.1918 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 2.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Production, annual growth rate 0.3221 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Production, annual growth rate 10.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -3.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Yield, annual growth rate 13.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.1618 % change on previous year (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.4284 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of moderately or severely food insecure people (million) in Southern Europe?
- Number of moderately or severely food insecure people (million) in Southern Europe was 8.1 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 12.2 million No in 2017.
- What is the lowest number of moderately or severely food insecure people (million) recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.1 million No in 2024.
- How does Southern Europe rank for number of moderately or severely food insecure people (million)?
- Southern Europe ranks 32nd out of 34 groups with data for 2025.
- Is number of moderately or severely food insecure people (million) rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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: Lower 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.