Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult population in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand
Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand: Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult population was 21.9 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult population in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand, 2014–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand recorded 21.9 % for prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult population in 2025. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult population in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand peaked at 21.9 % in 2025 and was at its lowest, 20.5 %, in 2014.
That places Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 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 severe food insecurity in the female adult population in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 20.5 % | — |
| 2015 | 20.7 % | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 20.8 % | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 20.9 % | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 21 % | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 21 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 21 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 21.6 % | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 21.7 % | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 21.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 21.8 % | +0.5% |
| 2025 | 21.9 % | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 20.82 % | 20.5 % | 21 % | 6 |
| 2020s | 21.62 % | 21 % | 21.9 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand
- 1 Australia and New Zealand 4.4 % compare
- 2 Melanesia 23.3 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,756 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 2,267 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 19 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 30.7 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 16 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 41.5 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 4,854 Int$/cap (2024)
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 2.6 million No (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 2,313 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) 28.8 % (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult population in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand?
- Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult population in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand was 21.9 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult population recorded in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 21.9 % in 2025.
- What is the lowest prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult population recorded in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.5 % in 2014.
- How does Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand rank for prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult population?
- Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand ranks 4th out of 34 groups with data for 2025.
- Is prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult population rising or falling in Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult population (percent) (annual value) — Confidence interval: Lower 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.