Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the total 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 76.9 %
• Low-income economies 64.6 %
• Eastern Africa 63.5 %
• Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 56.4 %
• Sub-Saharan Africa 62.8 %
• Western Africa 62.7 %
• Small island developing States (SIDS) 49.3 %
• Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 62.3 %
• Asia 21.2 %
• Africa 57.3 %
• Caribbean 53.7 %
• Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 53.4 %
• Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 50 %
• Lower-middle-income economies 38.1 %
• Western Asia 36.6 %
• Western Asia and Northern Africa 34.4 %
• Southern Asia 33.8 %
• Central Asia and Southern Asia 33.1 %
• Northern Africa 32.8 %
• Oceania 28.2 %
• World 26.3 %
• Southern Africa 25.4 %
• Latin America and the Caribbean 23.3 %
• Central America 22.8 %
• South America 20.7 %
• Central Asia 17.4 %
• South-Eastern Asia 13.2 %
• Upper-middle-income economies 12.4 %
• Northern America 10.9 %
• Northern Europe 9.3 %
• Eastern Europe 9.1 %
• Northern America and Europe 8.9 %
• Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 8.8 %
• High-income economies 8.3 %
• Western Europe 8.1 %
• Europe 8 %
• Eastern Asia 7.1 %
• Southern Europe 6.9 %