Data for 2017

Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, 2017

2017, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, 2017 covers 114 countries on 6 measures. South Sudan is highest, at 85.1; Kazakhstan is lowest, at 2.1. The middle country reads 19.2. Against 2016, 92 values changed (49 up, 43 down), 14 countries joined.

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Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity · Data for 2017

HighestSouth Sudan

85.1

LowestKazakhstan

2.1

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

114countries
6measures per country
2017the year it describes
102distinct values1 decimal, as published
Oct 3, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	85.1	83.9	86.3	85.1	85.1	8.9
2	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	83.0	82.9	83.0	84.7	81.3	6.1
3	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	81.0	77.5	84.5	82.3	79.7	3.9
4	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	80.3	78.9	81.8	80.9	79.7	14.5
5	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	76.0	73.5	78.4	73.8	78.1	30.5
6	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	74.7	71.6	77.9	76.6	72.9	11.7
7	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	67.0	63.6	70.5	68.6	65.4	9.9
8	BeninBENWestern Africa	66.3	64.5	68.2	66.8	65.9	8.0
9	TogoTGOWestern Africa	61.8	59.3	64.2	59.9	63.6	4.5
10	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	61.7	59.3	64.2	61.7	61.7	1.2
11	KenyaKENEastern Africa	60.9	59.4	62.5	65.0	56.9	30.0
12	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	59.4	55.7	63.1	56.7	62.0	65.2
13	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	58.0	52.4	63.6	57.8	58.2	14.0
14	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	57.3	55.2	59.4	57.3	57.3	5.3
15	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	56.6	54.5	58.8	57.5	55.8	31.5
16	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	55.3	52.9	57.8	56.1	54.6	1.4
17	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	54.4	51.9	56.9	58.3	50.5	5.8
18	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	54.3	49.2	59.3	57.8	50.8	19.4
19	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	53.4	49.5	57.3	57.4	49.4	1.2
20	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	52.7	49.2	56.3	52.9	52.6	1.2
21	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	52.0	50.0	54.1	52.0	52.0	9.1
22	NigerNERWestern Africa	50.0	47.4	52.6	49.7	50.3	10.7
23	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	46.9	42.0	51.8	53.2	40.6	1.3
24	YemenYEMWestern Asia	46.6	42.2	51.0	49.7	43.4	15.4
25	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	43.8	41.9	45.8	45.9	41.8	13.2
26	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	43.5	40.2	46.8	46.6	40.4	7.2
27	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	42.8	39.5	46.1	42.6	43.1	85.7
28	IranIRNSouthern Asia	42.4	39.6	45.3	41.6	43.3	36.1
29	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	41.6	38.5	44.6	46.4	36.7	2.6
30	HondurasHNDCentral America	41.1	40.9	41.3	43.2	39.0	3.9
31	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	38.9	36.3	41.5	38.0	39.8	7.7
32	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	38.6	35.5	41.8	42.9	34.4	1.1
33	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	37.7	33.9	41.4	37.7	37.7	0.2
34	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	37.0	35.1	38.8	36.9	37.0	9.9
35	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	36.9	33.5	40.3	40.4	33.3	5.9
36	SenegalSENWestern Africa	35.8	33.4	38.2	31.6	39.9	5.5
37	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	35.5	31.7	39.3	36.6	34.4	1.3
38	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	33.3	32.2	34.4	33.3	33.3	—
39	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	33.2	30.3	36.0	38.6	27.8	2.2
40	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	33.1	30.1	36.1	37.2	28.9	34.3
=41	ArgentinaARGSouth America	32.3	29.0	35.6	36.7	27.9	14.3
=41	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	32.3	30.1	34.6	33.4	31.3	1.4
43	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	31.6	28.5	34.7	32.6	30.6	8.9
44	PeruPERSouth America	30.6	29.9	31.4	34.8	26.4	9.6
45	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	29.9	26.5	33.4	29.8	30.1	48.5
46	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	29.6	25.9	33.3	31.3	27.9	2.7
47	EcuadorECUSouth America	26.2	22.7	29.7	27.8	24.6	4.4
48	MaliMLIWestern Africa	25.9	23.9	27.8	26.5	25.2	5.1
49	ColombiaCOLSouth America	24.9	24.1	25.7	26.9	22.9	12.0
50	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	24.6	21.8	27.4	25.4	23.7	0.8
=51	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	23.6	16.7	30.5	23.6	23.6	—
=51	SamoaWSMPolynesia	23.6	21.1	26.1	23.6	23.6	—
53	MexicoMEXCentral America	23.0	22.6	23.4	25.0	21.0	28.4
54	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	22.2	18.6	25.9	22.2	22.2	—
55	UkraineUKREastern Europe	21.5	18.6	24.4	23.8	19.2	9.8
56	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	20.0	16.6	23.5	20.7	19.4	2.3
57	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	19.8	16.2	23.3	21.3	18.2	8.2
58	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	18.5	16.2	20.7	20.4	16.6	0.2
59	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	17.1	16.9	17.3	18.6	15.6	0.5
60	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	16.6	13.5	19.6	16.2	17.0	1.8
61	ParaguayPRYSouth America	15.6	12.4	18.7	16.0	15.2	1.0
62	BrazilBRASouth America	15.5	15.1	15.9	17.8	13.1	31.7
63	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	15.1	12.9	17.2	14.0	16.1	4.9
64	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	14.7	12.3	17.1	16.7	12.7	2.9
=65	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	14.3	11.6	16.9	13.8	14.7	0.3
=65	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	14.3	10.5	18.1	14.3	14.3	—
=67	ChileCHLSouth America	13.7	13.0	14.3	14.9	12.4	2.5
=67	Costa RicaCRICentral America	13.7	13.0	14.4	15.4	12.0	0.7
69	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	13.3	11.2	15.5	15.1	11.6	0.6
70	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	12.8	12.5	13.1	14.9	10.8	28.7
71	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	12.7	10.3	15.1	13.9	11.5	3.1
72	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	12.5	10.2	14.8	14.6	10.4	1.1
=73	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	12.3	10.5	14.2	11.0	13.6	0.5
=73	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	12.3	9.9	14.6	13.4	11.1	0.3
75	IsraelISRWestern Asia	12.2	10.5	13.9	12.8	11.6	1.0
=76	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	12.0	9.5	14.6	13.5	10.6	0.9
=76	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	12.0	9.2	14.8	13.6	10.4	—
78	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	11.6	9.7	13.5	14.1	9.0	1.2
79	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	11.2	9.3	13.1	13.5	8.9	0.2
80	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	9.4	7.8	11.0	9.7	9.1	0.2
81	United StatesUSANorthern America	8.9	8.6	9.2	9.7	8.1	29.6
82	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	8.8	6.9	10.7	10.4	7.3	0.9
83	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	8.7	6.7	10.7	8.0	9.4	0.3
84	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	8.5	6.8	10.3	8.6	8.5	0.9
85	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	8.3	6.7	10.0	8.8	7.9	0.5
86	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	8.2	6.7	9.8	8.2	8.3	0.1
87	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	7.9	6.6	9.2	7.9	8.0	11.6
88	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	7.8	5.7	9.9	8.6	6.9	0.3
89	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	7.6	7.4	7.8	7.2	7.9	20.2
90	SpainESPSouthern Europe	7.5	6.0	9.0	8.9	6.1	3.5
91	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	6.8	4.8	8.8	8.1	5.5	—
92	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	6.6	5.3	7.8	6.0	7.2	0.3
93	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	6.5	6.1	6.8	5.8	7.2	1.4
=94	FranceFRAWestern Europe	6.3	5.2	7.5	5.6	7.1	4.1
=94	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	6.3	6.2	6.3	6.0	6.5	0.4
=94	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	6.3	5.4	7.1	6.8	5.7	5.9
97	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	5.6	4.5	6.7	6.1	5.1	3.7
=98	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	5.4	4.1	6.7	6.7	4.1	0.3
=98	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	5.4	4.2	6.5	4.0	6.7	2.8
=98	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	5.4	3.9	6.9	5.2	5.6	0.5
101	PolandPOLEastern Europe	5.3	3.9	6.6	6.5	4.0	2.0
102	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	5.1	3.8	6.4	6.2	4.0	0.9
=103	CanadaCANNorthern America	5.0	4.6	5.4	5.7	4.4	1.9
=103	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	5.0	3.8	6.3	6.6	3.5	—
=103	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	5.0	3.6	6.5	6.1	4.0	0.3
106	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	4.8	3.5	6.2	5.3	4.4	0.3
107	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	4.4	3.4	5.4	5.1	3.8	0.4
108	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	4.1	3.1	5.1	4.0	4.2	0.2
109	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	3.9	2.8	5.0	4.9	2.9	0.4
110	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	3.6	2.7	4.5	3.1	4.1	3.0
111	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	3.3	2.4	4.3	3.3	3.4	—
112	JapanJPNEastern Asia	3.2	2.2	4.1	1.9	4.4	4.0
113	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	3.1	2.2	4.1	2.6	3.7	0.3
114	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	2.1	—	4.2	2.3	1.9	0.4

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

1South Sudan85.1
2Sierra Leone83.0
3Liberia81.0
4Malawi80.3
5Uganda76.0

Lowest

114Kazakhstan2.1
113Switzerland3.1
112Japan3.2
111Luxembourg3.3
110Germany3.6

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 19.2. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

90% confidence interval, lower bound (%)
HighestSouth Sudan83.9
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 16.6
90% confidence interval, upper bound (%)
HighestSouth Sudan86.3
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 22.0
Women aged 15 and over (%)
HighestSouth Sudan85.1
LowestJapan1.9
Middle country: 20.5
Men aged 15 and over (%)
HighestSouth Sudan85.1
LowestKazakhstan1.9
Middle country: 17.6
People in moderate or severe food insecurity (millions)
HighestNigeria85.7
LowestEstonia0.1
Middle country: 2.9

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+14 / −0countries joined / left
92values changed, of 100 in both
49 · 43rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

Argentina25.9 → 32.3+6.4
Kenya54.8 → 60.9+6.1
Tajikistan24.5 → 29.6+5.1
Paraguay10.6 → 15.6+5.0
Uganda71.3 → 76.0+4.7

Fell most

Yemen49.6 → 46.6−3.0
Iran45.3 → 42.4−2.9
Romania16.6 → 14.7−1.9
Algeria21.5 → 19.8−1.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina10.3 → 8.7−1.6

+ Armenia

+ Burkina Faso

+ Cabo Verde

+ Guinea-Bissau

+ Grenada

+ Kazakhstan

+ Kyrgyzstan

+ Mali

+ Niger

+ Papua New Guinea

+ South Sudan

+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

+ Vietnam

+ Samoa

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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102 distinct values among 114
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10 empty cells
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0610 held

Other years

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Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, 2018
121 countries
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Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity: every year
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