Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the female adult population (percent) (annual value) — Confidence interval: Upper 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 76.8 %
• Low-income economies 64.3 %
• Eastern Africa 63.9 %
• Western Africa 63.1 %
• Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 55.4 %
• Sub-Saharan Africa 62.4 %
• Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 49.3 %
• Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 61.8 %
• Asia 20.3 %
• Africa 56.5 %
• Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 52.9 %
• Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 48.9 %
• Lower-middle-income economies 37.9 %
• Western Asia 37 %
• Western Asia and Northern Africa 35.1 %
• Southern Asia 34.5 %
• Northern Africa 33.9 %
• Central Asia and Southern Asia 33.7 %
• Oceania 26 %
• Southern Africa 25.6 %
• Central America 25 %
• Latin America and the Caribbean 24.7 %
• World 24.1 %
• South America 21.9 %
• Central Asia 16.3 %
• South-eastern Asia 13.5 %
• Northern America 12.7 %
• Upper-middle-income economies 12.5 %
• Eastern Europe 10 %
• Northern America and Europe 9.7 %
• Europe 8.6 %
• Western Europe 8.5 %
• High-income economies 8.5 %
• Northern Europe 8.5 %
• Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 8.3 %
• Southern Europe 8.2 %
• Eastern Asia 6.5 %