Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult population (percent) (annual value) — Value 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 35 %
• Low-income economies 28.3 %
• Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 24.3 %
• Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 20 %
• Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 23.1 %
• Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 19.9 %
• Sub-Saharan Africa 22.6 %
• Asia 7.8 %
• Eastern Africa 22.1 %
• Africa 20.5 %
• Western Africa 20.2 %
• Southern Asia 15.7 %
• Lower-middle-income economies 15.4 %
• Central Asia and Southern Asia 15.2 %
• Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 15 %
• Western Asia 14.3 %
• Western Asia and Northern Africa 13.1 %
• Northern Africa 11.6 %
• Southern Africa 10.4 %
• Oceania 9.8 %
• World 8.6 %
• Central America 6.6 %
• Latin America and the Caribbean 6.2 %
• South America 4.3 %
• Northern Europe 3 %
• Western Europe 2.7 %
• Central Asia 2.6 %
• Upper-middle-income economies 2.4 %
• Europe 2.3 %
• Northern America and Europe 2 %
• High-income economies 1.8 %
• Southern Europe 1.8 %
• South-eastern Asia 1.7 %
• Eastern Europe 1.6 %
• Northern America 1.4 %
• Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 1.1 %
• Eastern Asia 0.9 %