Number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year average) — Confidence interval: Lower bound by country

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Countries reporting
71
Highest
17.1 million No
Nigeria
Lowest
0.1 million No
Tajikistan
Median
0.6 million No
Years covered
10
2014–2023
Data points
1,016

What the numbers show

Number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year average) — Confidence interval: Lower bound is currently reported for 71 countries. The highest value is 17.1 million No in Nigeria; the lowest is 0.1 million No in Tajikistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6 million No, and the mean is 1.5 million No.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 171.

Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 685.7%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (down 81.2%).

Number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 17.1 million No 2023 up 249.0% rising
2 Ethiopia 5.7 million No 2023 up 35.7% rising
3 Pakistan 5.5 million No 2023 up 685.7% volatile
4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 12.6 million No 2023 up 41.6% rising
4 Egypt 4.7 million No 2023 up 74.1% rising
4 Kenya 4.7 million No 2023 up 123.8% rising
6 United Republic of Tanzania 4.2 million No 2023 up 35.5% rising
6 Malawi 3.9 million No 2023 up 62.5% rising
7 Afghanistan 3.5 million No 2023 up 250.0% rising
7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.1 million No 2023 down 54.2% falling
8 South Sudan 2.3 million No 2023 up 21.1% rising
8 Melanesia 1 million No 2023 up 25.0% rising
9 South Africa 2 million No 2023 up 25.0% rising
9 Viet Nam 0.6 million No 2023 up 200.0% volatile
10 Angola 1.8 million No 2023 down 18.2% falling
10 Argentina 1.8 million No 2023 up 100.0% rising
10 Cameroon 1.8 million No 2023 up 80.0% rising
10 Uganda 1.8 million No 2023 down 5.3% falling
10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.1 million No 2023 down 50.0% falling
14 Haiti 1.7 million No 2023 up 6.2% rising
15 Madagascar 1.5 million No 2023 up 87.5% rising
15 Mexico 1.5 million No 2023 down 6.2% falling
17 Guatemala 1.3 million No 2023 up 62.5% rising
17 Chad 1.3 million No 2023 up 8.3% falling
19 Myanmar 1.2 million No 2023 up 300.0% rising
19 Nepal 1.2 million No 2023 up 50.0% rising
19 Zimbabwe 1.2 million No 2023 down 20.0% falling
22 Colombia 1.1 million No 2023 up 22.2% rising
22 Philippines 1.1 million No 2023 up 22.2% falling
22 Zambia 1.1 million No 2023 up 10.0% flat
25 Ghana 0.9 million No 2023 up 125.0% rising
26 Ukraine 0.8 million No 2023 up 166.7% rising
27 Dominican Republic 0.7 million No 2023 down 22.2% falling
27 France 0.7 million No 2023 up 250.0% volatile
27 Sierra Leone 0.7 million No 2023 up 16.7% rising
27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.7 million No 2023 up 16.7% rising
31 Brazil 0.6 million No 2023 down 14.3% volatile
31 Ecuador 0.6 million No 2023 up 200.0% rising
31 Honduras 0.6 million No 2023 up 20.0% rising
31 Liberia 0.6 million No 2023 up 20.0% rising
35 Côte d'Ivoire 0.7 million No 2023 up 75.0% rising
35 Benin 0.5 million No 2023 up 66.7% rising
35 Niger 0.5 million No 2023 unchanged flat
35 Peru 0.5 million No 2023 up 25.0% rising
35 Australia and New Zealand 0.5 million No 2023 up 66.7% rising
39 Australia 0.4 million No 2023 up 100.0% rising
39 Burkina Faso 0.4 million No 2023 up 100.0% rising
39 Malaysia 0.4 million No 2023 down 20.0% falling
39 Romania 0.4 million No 2023 down 20.0% rising
43 Canada 0.3 million No 2023 up 200.0% rising
43 Algeria 0.3 million No 2023 down 81.2% volatile
43 Spain 0.3 million No 2023 up 200.0% rising
43 Jamaica 0.3 million No 2023 unchanged falling
43 Libya 0.3 million No 2023 up 50.0% rising
43 Namibia 0.3 million No 2023 up 50.0% rising
43 El Salvador 0.3 million No 2023 unchanged rising
43 Tunisia 0.3 million No 2023 unchanged rising
51 Botswana 0.2 million No 2023 up 100.0% rising
51 Chile 0.2 million No 2023 unchanged rising
51 Germany 0.2 million No 2021 unchanged rising
51 Cambodia 0.2 million No 2023 unchanged rising
51 Lebanon 0.2 million No 2023 up 100.0% rising
51 Lesotho 0.2 million No 2023 unchanged flat
51 Senegal 0.2 million No 2023 unchanged flat
51 Togo 0.2 million No 2023 down 33.3% falling
59 Albania 0.1 million No 2018 flat
59 Georgia 0.1 million No 2021 unchanged flat
59 Gambia 0.1 million No 2023 unchanged rising
59 Portugal 0.1 million No 2020 down 50.0% falling
59 Thailand 0.1 million No 2023 down 50.0% falling
59 Tajikistan 0.1 million No 2023 unchanged flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year average) — Confidence interval: Lower bound
Unit
million No
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
110 places, 1,016 data points, 2014–2023
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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.