Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the female adult in Central America
Central America: Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the female adult was 25 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the female adult in Central America, 2014–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Central America recorded 25 % for prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the female adult in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and down 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the female adult in Central America peaked at 40.1 % in 2020 and was at its lowest, 25 %, in 2025.
Central America ranks 18th of 34 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the female adult in Central America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 31.6 % | — |
| 2015 | 30.8 % | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 29 % | -5.8% |
| 2017 | 30.4 % | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 30 % | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 33.2 % | +10.7% |
| 2020 | 40.1 % | +20.8% |
| 2021 | 36.4 % | -9.2% |
| 2022 | 29.9 % | -17.9% |
| 2023 | 29.3 % | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 25.8 % | -11.9% |
| 2025 | 25 % | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 30.83 % | 29 % | 33.2 % | 6 |
| 2020s | 31.08 % | 25 % | 40.1 % | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the female adult in Central America?
- Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the female adult in Central America was 25 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the female adult recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 40.1 % in 2020.
- What is the lowest prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the female adult recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 25 % in 2025.
- How does Central America rank for prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the female adult?
- Central America ranks 18th out of 34 groups with data for 2025.
- Is prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the female adult rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the female adult population (percent) (annual value) — Confidence interval: Upper bound. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.