Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the total in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the total was 60.6 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the total in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 2014–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the total in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) is 60.6 %, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and up 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the total in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 62.2 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 50.7 %, in 2014.
That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 4th out of 34 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the total in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 50.7 % | — |
| 2015 | 51.9 % | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 55.5 % | +6.9% |
| 2017 | 56.8 % | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 56.5 % | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 56.9 % | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 59 % | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 60.3 % | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 62 % | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 61 % | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 62.2 % | +2.0% |
| 2025 | 60.6 % | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 54.72 % | 50.7 % | 56.9 % | 6 |
| 2020s | 60.85 % | 59 % | 62.2 % | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the total in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the total in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 60.6 % 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 total recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 62.2 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the total recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.7 % in 2014.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the total?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 4th out of 34 groups with data for 2025.
- Is prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the total rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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 total population (percent) (annual value) — Confidence interval: Lower bound. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.