Number of severely food insecure people (million) (3-year average) — Confidence interval: Upper bound 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...

Countries reporting
96
Highest
64.8 million No
Nigeria
Lowest
0.1 million No
Slovakia
Median
1.3 million No
Years covered
10
2014–2023
Data points
1,293

What the numbers show

Number of severely food insecure people (million) (3-year average) — Confidence interval: Upper bound is currently reported for 96 countries. The highest value is 64.8 million No in Nigeria; the lowest is 0.1 million No in Slovakia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.3 million No, and the mean is 3.96 million No.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 648.

Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 563.6%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 50.0%).

Number of severely food insecure people (million) (3-year average): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 64.8 million No 2023 up 188.0% rising
2 Ethiopia 26.1 million No 2023 up 50.9% rising
3 Afghanistan 15.5 million No 2023 up 146.0% rising
3 Kenya 15.5 million No 2023 up 103.9% rising
4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 50.3 million No 2023 up 32.4% rising
5 Egypt 15.3 million No 2023 up 54.5% rising
6 Pakistan 14.6 million No 2023 up 563.6% volatile
7 Malawi 12.9 million No 2023 up 53.6% rising
8 Cameroon 8 million No 2023 up 29.0% rising
9 South Sudan 7.7 million No 2023 up 10.0% rising
9 Viet Nam 2.4 million No 2023 up 300.0% volatile
10 Uganda 6.8 million No 2023 down 21.8% falling
11 Angola 6.3 million No 2023 down 29.2% falling
12 Argentina 5.9 million No 2023 up 90.3% rising
13 South Africa 5.8 million No 2023 up 28.9% rising
14 Haiti 5.7 million No 2023 unchanged flat
14 Madagascar 5.7 million No 2023 up 90.0% rising
16 Chad 5.3 million No 2023 up 6.0% falling
17 Myanmar 5.2 million No 2023 up 271.4% rising
18 Zimbabwe 4.8 million No 2023 down 14.3% falling
19 Guatemala 4.7 million No 2023 up 62.1% rising
20 Nepal 4.2 million No 2023 up 23.5% rising
21 Philippines 4 million No 2023 down 2.4% falling
21 Zambia 4 million No 2023 up 2.6% falling
23 Mexico 3.8 million No 2023 down 13.6% falling
24 Algeria 3.6 million No 2023 down 42.9% falling
24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3.6 million No 2023 up 125.0% rising
26 Ghana 3.2 million No 2023 up 88.2% rising
27 Sierra Leone 3.1 million No 2023 up 63.2% rising
28 Colombia 3 million No 2023 up 25.0% rising
29 France 2.7 million No 2023 up 80.0% rising
30 Ukraine 2.6 million No 2023 up 100.0% rising
31 Ecuador 2.5 million No 2023 up 78.6% rising
32 Japan 2.4 million No 2023 up 100.0% rising
33 Malaysia 2.3 million No 2023 down 20.7% falling
34 Benin 2.1 million No 2023 up 61.5% rising
34 Liberia 2.1 million No 2023 up 5.0% rising
34 Niger 2.1 million No 2023 down 12.5% falling
37 Burkina Faso 2 million No 2023 up 42.9% rising
37 Dominican Republic 2 million No 2023 down 25.9% falling
39 Germany 1.6 million No 2023 up 33.3% rising
39 Honduras 1.6 million No 2023 up 23.1% rising
39 Australia and New Zealand 1.6 million No 2023 up 60.0% rising
42 Australia 1.4 million No 2023 up 55.6% rising
42 Spain 1.4 million No 2023 up 75.0% rising
42 Peru 1.4 million No 2023 up 40.0% rising
45 Brazil 1.3 million No 2023 down 23.5% volatile
45 Libya 1.3 million No 2023 up 62.5% rising
45 Romania 1.3 million No 2023 down 7.1% rising
48 Tunisia 1.2 million No 2023 down 14.3% flat
49 Republic of Korea 1 million No 2023 up 100.0% rising
50 Jamaica 0.9 million No 2023 up 12.5% rising
50 Namibia 0.9 million No 2023 up 28.6% rising
50 El Salvador 0.9 million No 2023 down 10.0% rising
50 Togo 0.9 million No 2023 down 25.0% falling
54 Canada 0.8 million No 2023 up 166.7% rising
54 Mali 0.8 million No 2023 up 14.3% falling
54 Senegal 0.8 million No 2023 down 38.5% falling
54 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.8 million No 2023 up 100.0% rising
58 Chile 0.7 million No 2023 up 16.7% rising
58 Cambodia 0.7 million No 2023 down 22.2% falling
58 Lebanon 0.7 million No 2023 up 133.3% rising
58 Mauritania 0.7 million No 2023 up 250.0% rising
58 Tajikistan 0.7 million No 2023 up 16.7% rising
63 Botswana 0.6 million No 2023 up 20.0% rising
63 Gambia 0.6 million No 2023 unchanged rising
63 Hungary 0.6 million No 2023 up 200.0% volatile
63 Lesotho 0.6 million No 2023 unchanged flat
63 Paraguay 0.6 million No 2023 up 200.0% rising
63 Thailand 0.6 million No 2023 unchanged flat
69 Belgium 0.5 million No 2023 up 150.0% rising
69 Poland 0.5 million No 2021 down 44.4% falling
69 Sweden 0.5 million No 2023 up 400.0% rising
72 Portugal 0.4 million No 2023 down 20.0% flat
73 Albania 0.3 million No 2023 unchanged falling
73 Czechia 0.3 million No 2023 up 200.0% rising
73 Finland 0.3 million No 2023 up 50.0% rising
73 Sri Lanka 0.3 million No 2023 up 50.0% rising
73 New Zealand 0.3 million No 2023 up 50.0% rising
73 Palestine, State of 0.3 million No 2021 up 50.0% rising
73 Singapore 0.3 million No 2023 up 200.0% rising
73 Eswatini 0.3 million No 2023 rising
81 Austria 0.2 million No 2023 up 100.0% rising
81 Bulgaria 0.2 million No 2023 unchanged rising
81 Switzerland 0.2 million No 2023 unchanged falling
81 Denmark 0.2 million No 2023 rising
81 Georgia 0.2 million No 2023 down 33.3% falling
81 Guinea-Bissau 0.2 million No 2021 unchanged flat
81 Greece 0.2 million No 2023 down 50.0% falling
81 Ireland 0.2 million No 2023 unchanged falling
81 Kuwait 0.2 million No 2023 unchanged falling
81 Mauritius 0.2 million No 2023 up 100.0% rising
91 Costa Rica 0.1 million No 2023 unchanged rising
91 Israel 0.1 million No 2023 unchanged falling
91 Serbia 0.1 million No 2023 down 50.0% falling
91 Slovakia 0.1 million No 2023 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 people (million) (3-year average) — Confidence interval: Upper bound
Unit
million No
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
141 places, 1,293 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.