Data for 2015

Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, 2015

2015, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, 2015 covers 99 countries on 6 measures. Liberia is highest, at 79.7; Japan is lowest, at 2.6. The middle country reads 15.3.

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Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity · Data for 2015

HighestLiberia

79.7

LowestJapan

2.6

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

99countries
6measures per country
2015the year it describes
90distinct values1 decimal, as published
Oct 3, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, 2015, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, 2015: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	79.7	76.2	83.2	81.0	78.5	3.7
2	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	78.1	76.7	79.6	78.7	77.5	13.4
3	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	75.8	75.7	75.8	77.4	74.3	5.3
4	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	67.9	64.3	71.6	69.8	66.1	10.0
5	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	66.3	63.8	68.8	64.4	68.2	24.9
6	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	64.7	61.1	68.3	65.4	64.0	9.3
7	TogoTGOWestern Africa	60.4	57.9	62.8	58.6	62.2	4.3
8	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	56.2	52.7	59.7	57.5	55.1	58.4
9	BeninBENWestern Africa	55.0	53.1	56.9	55.4	54.6	6.3
10	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	54.2	51.6	56.9	57.2	51.3	5.7
11	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	53.2	50.7	55.7	55.7	50.7	1.3
12	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	51.2	49.1	53.4	51.2	51.2	8.4
13	KenyaKENEastern Africa	50.7	49.1	52.2	54.1	47.3	23.9
14	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	49.9	44.3	55.5	49.8	50.1	11.4
15	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	48.8	46.7	51.0	51.6	46.1	25.4
16	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	48.3	43.8	52.7	51.9	44.7	1.4
17	IranIRNSouthern Asia	48.0	45.2	50.9	47.5	48.6	39.7
18	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	46.4	42.5	50.3	49.9	43.0	1.0
19	YemenYEMWestern Asia	45.7	41.9	49.4	48.7	42.6	14.2
20	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	45.1	39.3	50.9	47.7	42.6	15.2
21	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	42.7	39.4	45.9	45.4	39.9	6.8
22	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	42.2	39.3	45.1	45.7	38.6	2.6
23	HondurasHNDCentral America	41.6	41.4	41.8	45.3	38.0	3.8
24	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	39.6	36.2	43.0	43.4	35.8	6.2
25	SenegalSENWestern Africa	39.0	36.6	41.4	34.5	43.5	5.7
26	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	38.8	35.7	41.9	42.3	35.2	1.1
27	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	38.3	36.3	40.3	40.1	36.5	11.0
28	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	34.7	32.0	37.4	34.1	35.2	66.1
29	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	34.1	32.2	35.9	34.0	34.1	8.6
30	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	31.8	28.1	35.5	33.2	30.4	1.2
31	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	30.6	26.1	35.2	31.9	29.4	48.8
32	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	29.5	26.5	32.6	30.0	29.1	8.2
33	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	29.1	26.4	31.7	34.1	24.1	1.9
34	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	27.8	24.9	30.6	32.3	23.2	27.6
35	PeruPERSouth America	26.6	25.8	27.3	32.1	21.1	8.1
36	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	26.3	23.9	28.7	27.5	25.1	1.0
37	MexicoMEXCentral America	24.9	24.5	25.4	26.1	23.8	30.2
38	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	22.9	19.0	26.8	24.2	21.6	9.2
39	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	22.2	18.6	25.9	22.2	22.2	—
40	EcuadorECUSouth America	20.7	17.1	24.3	21.6	19.9	3.4
41	ColombiaCOLSouth America	19.9	19.2	20.7	21.2	18.8	9.4
42	UkraineUKREastern Europe	19.8	16.4	23.2	22.5	17.1	9.1
=43	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	19.3	16.7	21.8	19.3	19.2	0.6
=43	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	19.3	16.6	21.9	22.0	16.5	3.8
45	ArgentinaARGSouth America	19.2	16.4	21.9	22.6	15.8	8.3
46	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	19.1	15.7	22.4	21.0	17.1	1.6
47	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	18.2	14.2	22.1	18.0	18.3	2.1
48	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	17.4	15.1	19.7	15.0	19.9	5.4
49	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	15.8	13.0	18.5	15.7	15.9	1.7
50	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	15.3	12.5	18.2	16.1	14.6	0.4
51	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	15.2	12.3	18.0	17.4	12.9	0.3
52	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	14.9	12.3	17.5	16.1	13.7	1.1
53	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	14.7	12.6	16.7	17.1	12.3	1.5
54	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	14.3	10.5	18.1	14.3	14.3	—
55	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	14.1	13.8	14.4	16.3	11.8	30.5
56	BrazilBRASouth America	13.3	12.9	13.6	15.3	11.3	26.8
57	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	13.0	10.9	15.1	14.2	11.8	0.2
=58	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	12.6	10.8	14.5	9.5	15.7	0.5
=58	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	12.6	10.0	15.3	13.1	12.2	—
60	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	12.3	10.3	14.4	14.6	10.1	0.3
61	Costa RicaCRICentral America	12.2	11.5	12.9	12.9	11.5	0.6
62	IsraelISRWestern Asia	11.6	9.9	13.3	12.0	11.3	0.9
63	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	11.4	9.2	13.7	11.7	11.1	1.0
64	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	11.3	9.2	13.4	13.1	9.5	1.1
=65	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	10.8	8.7	12.8	12.3	9.2	2.6
=65	ChileCHLSouth America	10.8	10.1	11.4	12.5	9.1	1.9
67	United StatesUSANorthern America	10.5	10.2	10.8	11.5	9.4	34.1
68	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	10.0	8.1	12.0	12.3	7.7	0.5
69	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	9.9	8.2	11.6	11.5	8.3	0.2
70	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	9.6	7.4	11.8	9.8	9.4	0.3
71	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	9.5	7.7	11.2	10.3	8.6	0.1
72	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	9.3	7.5	11.0	10.2	8.4	0.5
=73	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	8.9	7.5	10.4	8.6	9.3	0.4
=73	PolandPOLEastern Europe	8.9	7.2	10.5	10.3	7.4	3.4
75	ParaguayPRYSouth America	8.3	5.1	11.4	8.5	8.0	0.5
76	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	8.2	6.7	9.8	8.8	7.7	12.0
77	SpainESPSouthern Europe	7.1	5.7	8.5	7.5	6.6	3.3
78	FranceFRAWestern Europe	6.8	5.3	8.4	7.1	6.5	4.4
79	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	6.5	4.6	8.3	6.7	6.3	0.3
80	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	6.4	4.4	8.4	7.5	5.3	—
81	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	6.3	5.1	7.5	9.6	3.0	4.1
82	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	6.2	4.6	7.9	6.4	6.1	0.3
83	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	6.0	5.8	6.2	6.0	6.0	15.7
=84	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	5.9	4.5	7.3	6.2	5.5	0.6
=84	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	5.9	4.6	7.2	6.5	5.2	0.3
=84	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	5.9	5.5	6.2	5.3	6.5	1.3
=87	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	5.8	4.2	7.5	6.4	5.3	0.6
=87	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	5.8	4.6	7.1	6.9	4.7	—
89	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	5.7	4.5	7.0	5.8	5.7	1.0
90	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	5.5	4.6	6.5	6.6	4.5	0.5
91	CanadaCANNorthern America	5.0	4.5	5.5	5.3	4.7	1.8
=92	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	4.8	3.5	6.1	4.9	4.6	0.2
=92	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	4.8	3.9	5.7	4.2	5.4	2.4
=92	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	4.8	3.0	6.5	5.3	4.3	0.4
95	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	4.7	3.6	5.7	5.2	4.1	—
96	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	4.5	3.3	5.7	4.7	4.3	0.4
97	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	4.1	3.0	5.1	4.7	3.4	3.3
98	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	2.9	2.0	3.7	3.1	2.6	0.2
99	JapanJPNEastern Asia	2.6	1.7	3.5	2.0	3.3	3.3

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Liberia79.7
2Malawi78.1
3Sierra Leone75.8
4Chad67.9
5Uganda66.3

Lowest

99Japan2.6
98Singapore2.9
97Germany4.1
96Sweden4.5
95Luxembourg4.7

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 15.3. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

90% confidence interval, lower bound (%)
HighestMalawi76.7
LowestJapan1.7
Middle country: 13.0
90% confidence interval, upper bound (%)
HighestLiberia83.2
LowestJapan3.5
Middle country: 18.2
Women aged 15 and over (%)
HighestLiberia81.0
LowestJapan2.0
Middle country: 16.3
Men aged 15 and over (%)
HighestLiberia78.5
LowestSingapore2.6
Middle country: 15.7
People in moderate or severe food insecurity (millions)
HighestNigeria66.1
LowestEstonia0.1
Middle country: 3.3

03Caveats

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