Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the total population (percent) (annual value) — Confidence interval: Lower bound by country

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...

Countries reporting
2
Highest
4.4 %
Australia and New Zealand
Lowest
23.4 %
Melanesia
Median
13.9 %
Years covered
12
2014–2025
Data points
463

What the numbers show

Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the total population (percent) (annual value) — Confidence interval: Lower bound is currently reported for 2 countries. The highest value is 4.4 % in Australia and New Zealand; the lowest is 23.4 % in Melanesia.

The median across all reporting countries is 13.9 %, and the mean is 13.9 %.

Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the total population: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Australia and New Zealand 4.4 % 2025 up 131.6% rising
2 Melanesia 23.4 % 2025 up 3.1% flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the total population (percent) (annual value) — Confidence interval: Lower bound
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
40 places, 463 data points, 2014–2025
Last refreshed

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.