Number of severely food insecure people (million) (annual value) — Value 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...
What the numbers show
Number of severely food insecure people (million) (annual value) — Value is currently reported for 1 countries. The highest value is 1.6 million No in Australia and New Zealand; the lowest is 1.6 million No in Australia and New Zealand.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.6 million No, and the mean is 1.6 million No.
Number of severely food insecure people (million) (annual value): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.6 million No | 2025 | up 128.6% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 778.6 million No
- Asia 393.1 million No
- Lower-middle-income economies 477.7 million No
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 246.9 million No
- Africa 319 million No
- Middle Africa 76.7 million No
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 317.6 million No
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 15.4 million No
- Southern Asia 315.2 million No
- Melanesia 3.3 million No
- Sub-Saharan Africa 288.5 million No
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 241.2 million No
- Low-income economies 179 million No
- Eastern Africa 112.3 million No
- Western Africa 92 million No
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 91.5 million No
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 77.3 million No
- Upper-middle-income economies 72.5 million No
- Western Asia 46.8 million No
- Latin America and the Caribbean 41.3 million No
- Northern Africa 30.5 million No
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 28.8 million No
- High-income economies 25.7 million No
- Northern America and Europe 20.2 million No
- South America 18.4 million No
- Eastern Asia 17.3 million No
- Europe 15.9 million No
- Central America 11.9 million No
- South-Eastern Asia 11.4 million No
- Caribbean 10.9 million No
- Southern Africa 7.6 million No
- Western Europe 5.3 million No
- Oceania 5 million No
- Eastern Europe 4.4 million No
- Northern America 4.3 million No
- Northern Europe 4 million No
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 3.4 million No
- Central Asia 2.4 million No
- Southern Europe 2.2 million No
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.