Number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year) in Asia

Asia: Number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year) was 154.2 million No in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
154.2 million No
Change on year
down 3.6%
Rank
1st
of 10 groups
All-time high
176 million No
in 2020
All-time low
107.2 million No
in 2015
Years of data
10
2014–2023

Number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year) in Asia, 2014–2023

0501001502002014201820232014: 109.4 million No2015: 107.2 million No2016: 116.6 million No2017: 129.7 million No2018: 153 million No2019: 169.8 million No2020: 176 million No2021: 170.7 million No2022: 160 million No2023: 154.2 million No

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.

Analysis

In 2023, number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year) in Asia stood at 154.2 million No.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.6% on the previous year and up 41.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year) in Asia peaked at 176 million No in 2020 and was at its lowest, 107.2 million No, in 2015.

Number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year) in Asia, year by year

Annual values for Number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year average) — Value in Asia, 2014 to 2023.
Year million No Change
2014 109.4 million No
2015 107.2 million No -2.0%
2016 116.6 million No +8.8%
2017 129.7 million No +11.2%
2018 153 million No +18.0%
2019 169.8 million No +11.0%
2020 176 million No +3.7%
2021 170.7 million No -3.0%
2022 160 million No -6.3%
2023 154.2 million No -3.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 130.95 million No 107.2 million No 169.8 million No 6
2020s 165.22 million No 154.2 million No 176 million No 4

Countries ranked near Asia

  1. 1 Nigeria 18.1 million No compare
  2. 2 Ethiopia 6.9 million No compare
  3. 3 Pakistan 5.7 million No compare
  4. 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 13.3 million No compare
  5. 4 Egypt 5.3 million No compare

See the full ranking of 116 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Asia

All data for Asia →

Frequently asked questions

What is number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year) in Asia?
Number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year) in Asia was 154.2 million No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year) recorded in Asia?
The highest recorded value was 176 million No in 2020.
What is the lowest number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year) recorded in Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 107.2 million No in 2015.
How does Asia rank for number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year)?
Asia ranks 1st out of 10 groups with data for 2023.
Is number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year) rising or falling in Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 41.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Asia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year average) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 10 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year) in Asia. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 12 September 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/number-of-severely-food-insecure-female-adults-million-3-year-average-value/asia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/number-of-severely-food-insecure-female-adults-million-3-year-average-value/asia/">Number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year) in Asia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year average) — Value
Unit
million No
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
116 places, 1,072 data points, 2014–2023
Last refreshed

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.