Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult 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 36.2 %
• Low-income economies 28.9 %
• Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 24.9 %
• Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 22.9 %
• Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 24.4 %
• Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 20.4 %
• Sub-Saharan Africa 23.1 %
• Asia 8.4 %
• Eastern Africa 22.9 %
• Western Africa 21 %
• Africa 20.9 %
• Southern Asia 17.2 %
• Central Asia and Southern Asia 16.6 %
• Lower-middle-income economies 16.4 %
• Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 15.7 %
• Western Asia 15 %
• Western Asia and Northern Africa 13.6 %
• Northern Africa 12.5 %
• Southern Africa 11 %
• Oceania 10.3 %
• World 8.9 %
• Central America 7 %
• Latin America and the Caribbean 6.5 %
• South America 4.6 %
• Northern Europe 3.5 %
• Central Asia 3.2 %
• Western Europe 3.1 %
• Upper-middle-income economies 2.6 %
• Europe 2.5 %
• Northern America and Europe 2.2 %
• Southern Europe 2.2 %
• South-eastern Asia 1.9 %
• High-income economies 1.9 %
• Eastern Europe 1.8 %
• Northern America 1.5 %
• Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 1.3 %
• Eastern Asia 1.1 %