Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the female adult population (percent) (annual value) — Confidence interval: Lower bound by country

Regions and income groups

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

• Middle Africa 74.5 %
• Low-income economies 63 %
• Sub-Saharan Africa 61 %
• Western Africa 61 %
• Eastern Africa 61 %
• Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 53.8 %
• Small island developing States (SIDS) 46.9 %
• Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 60.2 %
• Asia 18.7 %
• Africa 55.2 %
• Caribbean 51.4 %
• Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 49.6 %
• Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 46.5 %
• Lower-middle-income economies 35.3 %
• Western Asia 33.7 %
• Western Asia and Northern Africa 32.9 %
• Northern Africa 30.9 %
• Southern Asia 30.7 %
• Central Asia and Southern Asia 30.1 %
• Latin America and the Caribbean 24.1 %
• Oceania 24 %
• Central America 23.9 %
• Southern Africa 23.8 %
• World 23.1 %
• South America 21.1 %
• Central Asia 14 %
• South-Eastern Asia 12.5 %
• Northern America 12.4 %
• Upper-middle-income economies 11.4 %
• Northern America and Europe 9.2 %
• Eastern Europe 8.9 %
• High-income economies 8 %
• Europe 7.9 %
• Western Europe 7.1 %
• Northern Europe 7 %
• Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 7 %
• Southern Europe 6.6 %
• Eastern Asia 4.7 %