Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the total 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 34.9 %
• Low-income economies 27.9 %
• Caribbean 24.5 %
• Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 24.4 %
• Small island developing States (SIDS) 21.1 %
• Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 23.4 %
• Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 20.3 %
• Sub-Saharan Africa 22.7 %
• Asia 8.1 %
• Eastern Africa 21.9 %
• Africa 20.6 %
• Western Africa 19.8 %
• Lower-middle-income economies 15.1 %
• Southern Asia 15.1 %
• Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 15.1 %
• Western Asia 14.9 %
• Central Asia and Southern Asia 14.6 %
• Western Asia and Northern Africa 13.1 %
• Northern Africa 11 %
• Oceania 10.7 %
• Southern Africa 10.2 %
• World 9.5 %
• Central America 6.4 %
• Latin America and the Caribbean 6.2 %
• South America 4.2 %
• Northern Europe 3.6 %
• Central Asia 2.9 %
• Western Europe 2.6 %
• Upper-middle-income economies 2.5 %
• Europe 2.1 %
• Northern America and Europe 1.8 %
• High-income economies 1.8 %
• South-Eastern Asia 1.6 %
• Eastern Europe 1.6 %
• Southern Europe 1.5 %
• Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 1.2 %
• Northern America 1.1 %
• Eastern Asia 1 %