Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the total population (percent) (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...
What the numbers show
Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the total population (percent) (3-year average) — Confidence interval: Upper bound is currently reported for 130 countries. The highest value is 91.1 % in Sierra Leone; the lowest is 1.8 % in Belarus.
The median across all reporting countries is 22.95 %, and the mean is 31.36 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 51.
Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Singapore (up 227.0%), and the largest decrease in Russian Federation (down 65.3%).
Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the total: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 91.1 % | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 83.5 % | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 2 | South Sudan | 90.4 % | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 3 | Haiti | 86.7 % | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 3 | United Republic of Tanzania | 59.2 % | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 85.3 % | 2023 | up 67.6% | rising |
| 5 | Malawi | 82.9 % | 2023 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 5 | Melanesia | 55.9 % | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 6 | Liberia | 81.2 % | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 7 | Nigeria | 78.6 % | 2023 | up 110.2% | rising |
| 7 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 40.5 % | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 8 | Angola | 76 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 8 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 37.2 % | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 9 | Yemen | 75.3 % | 2023 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 9 | Republic of Moldova | 30.1 % | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 10 | Zimbabwe | 74.3 % | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 11 | Kenya | 73.3 % | 2023 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 11 | Côte d'Ivoire | 39.6 % | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 11 | Viet Nam | 11.2 % | 2023 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 12 | Benin | 67.7 % | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 13 | Chad | 67.4 % | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 14 | Mauritania | 67 % | 2023 | up 133.4% | rising |
| 15 | Eswatini | 65.7 % | 2023 | — | flat |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 65.2 % | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 16 | Cabo Verde | 35 % | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 17 | Guinea-Bissau | 64.8 % | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 18 | Cameroon | 64.5 % | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 19 | Lesotho | 63.5 % | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 20 | Madagascar | 62.7 % | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 21 | Jamaica | 60.8 % | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 22 | Togo | 58.9 % | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 23 | Namibia | 56.3 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 24 | Botswana | 55.3 % | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 25 | Uganda | 53.1 % | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 26 | Guatemala | 53 % | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 27 | Niger | 52 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 28 | Gambia | 50.8 % | 2023 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 29 | Lebanon | 47.7 % | 2023 | up 172.6% | rising |
| 29 | Zambia | 47.7 % | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 31 | Kiribati | 47.4 % | 2023 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 32 | El Salvador | 45.4 % | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 45.2 % | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 34 | Ghana | 44.7 % | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 35 | Burkina Faso | 43.8 % | 2023 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 36 | Honduras | 40.1 % | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 37 | Cambodia | 39.8 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 38 | Nepal | 37.8 % | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 39 | Myanmar | 35.5 % | 2023 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 40 | Albania | 35.1 % | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 41 | Ukraine | 35 % | 2023 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 42 | Libya | 34.9 % | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 43 | Argentina | 34.8 % | 2023 | up 58.9% | rising |
| 44 | Ecuador | 34.4 % | 2023 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 45 | Peru | 34.3 % | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 46 | Philippines | 33.9 % | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 47 | Egypt | 32.7 % | 2023 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 48 | Mauritius | 31.3 % | 2023 | up 107.3% | rising |
| 49 | Palestine, State of | 30.6 % | 2021 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 50 | Senegal | 29.9 % | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 51 | Colombia | 29 % | 2023 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 52 | Paraguay | 28.9 % | 2023 | up 153.5% | rising |
| 53 | Bangladesh | 28 % | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 54 | Tajikistan | 27.9 % | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 55 | Tunisia | 27.4 % | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 56 | Georgia | 25.7 % | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 57 | Pakistan | 23.5 % | 2023 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 58 | Mali | 22.4 % | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 59 | South Africa | 22 % | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 60 | Algeria | 21.2 % | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 61 | Hungary | 20.4 % | 2023 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 62 | Finland | 20.2 % | 2023 | up 83.6% | rising |
| 63 | Samoa | 19.8 % | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 64 | New Zealand | 19.1 % | 2023 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 65 | Grenada | 18.9 % | 2023 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 66 | Malaysia | 17.9 % | 2023 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 67 | Romania | 17.5 % | 2023 | down 20.1% | flat |
| 68 | Australia and New Zealand | 17.3 % | 2023 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 69 | Australia | 17.1 % | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 69 | Mexico | 17.1 % | 2023 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 71 | Uruguay | 16.8 % | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 72 | Azerbaijan | 16.6 % | 2023 | up 127.4% | rising |
| 73 | Chile | 16.3 % | 2023 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 74 | Belize | 15.5 % | 2023 | down 54.0% | falling |
| 74 | Estonia | 15.5 % | 2023 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 76 | Costa Rica | 14.6 % | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 77 | Latvia | 13.8 % | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 78 | Portugal | 13.6 % | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 79 | Bulgaria | 12.8 % | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 80 | Singapore | 12.1 % | 2023 | up 227.0% | rising |
| 81 | Belgium | 11.7 % | 2023 | up 148.9% | rising |
| 82 | North Macedonia | 11.4 % | 2023 | down 36.7% | flat |
| 82 | Montenegro | 11.4 % | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 84 | Iceland | 11.1 % | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 85 | Czechia | 11 % | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 86 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 10.9 % | 2023 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 87 | Canada | 10.7 % | 2023 | up 94.5% | rising |
| 87 | Kuwait | 10.7 % | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 89 | Israel | 10.6 % | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 90 | France | 10.5 % | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 91 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.4 % | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 91 | Sri Lanka | 10.4 % | 2023 | up 67.7% | rising |
| 91 | Malta | 10.4 % | 2023 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 94 | Norway | 10 % | 2023 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 95 | Brazil | 9.8 % | 2023 | down 27.9% | flat |
| 96 | Slovenia | 9.5 % | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 97 | Sweden | 9.2 % | 2023 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 98 | Spain | 9.1 % | 2023 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 9.1 % | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 98 | Slovakia | 9.1 % | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 101 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 8.9 % | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 102 | Armenia | 8.4 % | 2023 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 102 | Lithuania | 8.4 % | 2023 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 102 | Serbia | 8.4 % | 2023 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 105 | Greece | 8.3 % | 2023 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 106 | Ireland | 7.6 % | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 107 | Denmark | 7.4 % | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 107 | Japan | 7.4 % | 2023 | up 111.4% | rising |
| 109 | Republic of Korea | 7.3 % | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 110 | Croatia | 6.8 % | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 111 | Austria | 5.9 % | 2023 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 112 | Germany | 5.5 % | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 112 | Mongolia | 5.5 % | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 114 | Thailand | 5.3 % | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 115 | Indonesia | 4.4 % | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 116 | Poland | 3.8 % | 2023 | down 63.8% | falling |
| 117 | Luxembourg | 3.5 % | 2023 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 118 | Russian Federation | 3.4 % | 2023 | down 65.3% | falling |
| 119 | Switzerland | 3.3 % | 2023 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 120 | Kazakhstan | 2 % | 2023 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 121 | Belarus | 1.8 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low-income economies 65 %
- Middle Africa 77.3 %
- Eastern Africa 64.4 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 63.4 %
- Western Africa 63.1 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 56.5 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 63 %
- Africa 58.1 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 49.5 %
- Caribbean 54.2 %
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 53.3 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 50.5 %
- Lower-middle-income economies 40.2 %
- Asia 22.6 %
- Western Asia 38.1 %
- Southern Asia 36.7 %
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 36.2 %
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 35.9 %
- Northern Africa 34.8 %
- Oceania 27.9 %
- World 27.3 %
- Southern Africa 26.3 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 24.6 %
- Central America 24.4 %
- South America 22 %
- Central Asia 17.5 %
- South-Eastern Asia 14.2 %
- Upper-middle-income economies 13 %
- Northern America 11 %
- United States of America 11 %
- Eastern Europe 9.2 %
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 9.1 %
- Northern Europe 8.8 %
- Northern America and Europe 8.8 %
- High-income economies 8.2 %
- Europe 7.7 %
- Western Europe 7.3 %
- Eastern Asia 7.1 %
- Southern Europe 6.4 %
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.