Data for 2019

Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, 2019

2019, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, 2019 covers 135 countries on 6 measures. South Sudan is highest, at 85.7; Belarus is lowest, at 1.4. The middle country reads 23.2. Against 2018, 112 values changed (71 up, 41 down), 14 countries joined.

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Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity · Data for 2019

HighestSouth Sudan

85.7

LowestBelarus

1.4

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

135countries
6measures per country
2019the year it describes
120distinct 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, 2019, 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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1	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	85.7	84.5	86.9	85.7	85.7	8.9
2	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	85.3	84.2	86.3	86.5	84.1	6.6
3	HaitiHTICaribbean	82.7	80.5	84.9	83.9	81.5	9.2
4	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	80.6	77.1	84.1	81.9	79.3	4.1
5	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	79.9	78.5	81.4	80.6	79.3	15.2
6	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	75.9	72.8	79.0	77.7	74.0	12.7
7	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	73.1	70.6	75.5	71.0	75.1	31.4
8	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	72.9	70.5	75.4	75.7	70.2	23.6
9	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	69.8	65.6	73.9	71.3	68.3	10.7
10	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	69.2	66.9	71.5	68.7	69.7	64.4
11	KenyaKENEastern Africa	67.7	66.1	69.2	72.2	63.2	34.7
12	BeninBENWestern Africa	64.0	62.1	65.9	64.5	63.5	8.1
13	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	63.1	60.2	66.1	69.9	56.5	23.9
14	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	62.0	59.5	64.5	62.0	62.0	1.2
15	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	59.6	57.1	62.0	62.6	56.6	16.8
16	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	57.6	55.2	60.0	59.3	55.8	1.5
17	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	57.3	55.2	59.4	57.3	57.3	5.5
=18	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	56.4	50.8	62.0	56.2	56.6	14.4
=18	TogoTGOWestern Africa	56.4	53.9	58.8	54.7	58.1	4.3
=20	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	56.3	52.4	60.3	53.8	58.9	65.2
=20	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	56.3	54.2	58.5	55.3	57.4	33.4
22	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	56.0	52.8	59.2	55.0	56.9	1.4
23	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	55.0	52.0	58.0	58.6	51.4	6.0
24	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	54.0	50.1	57.9	58.0	49.9	1.3
25	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	53.7	51.7	55.7	53.7	53.7	0.7
26	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	53.5	50.1	56.9	55.4	51.7	112.1
27	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	52.5	50.3	54.6	52.5	52.5	9.7
28	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	50.6	48.6	52.6	49.6	51.6	1.1
29	NigerNERWestern Africa	50.1	47.5	52.7	50.3	49.9	11.5
30	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	49.6	46.7	52.6	54.7	44.7	8.5
31	YemenYEMWestern Asia	49.4	45.5	53.3	52.7	46.1	17.3
32	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	48.4	43.8	53.0	52.0	44.9	1.4
33	HondurasHNDCentral America	45.6	45.4	45.8	47.0	44.3	4.5
34	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	45.1	41.9	48.3	50.6	39.6	2.8
35	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	42.7	41.2	44.1	42.3	43.1	47.3
36	IranIRNSouthern Asia	42.5	39.6	45.3	41.6	43.3	36.9
37	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	41.2	39.2	43.3	39.7	42.8	1.8
38	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	41.0	36.8	45.2	41.0	41.0	—
39	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	39.7	36.5	42.9	40.9	38.5	1.5
=40	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	39.5	35.9	43.1	38.2	40.9	8.3
=40	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	39.5	37.6	41.3	39.4	39.5	11.1
42	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	38.6	35.2	42.1	41.6	35.7	6.4
43	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	38.2	36.3	40.2	40.0	36.4	11.9
44	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	37.4	34.3	40.4	43.9	30.8	2.6
45	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	36.4	33.6	39.2	34.4	38.5	10.4
46	ArgentinaARGSouth America	35.8	32.5	39.2	40.2	31.4	16.1
47	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	35.1	31.1	39.1	35.1	35.1	0.2
48	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	33.8	30.8	36.7	37.3	30.2	1.0
=49	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	33.3	32.2	34.4	33.3	33.3	—
=49	SenegalSENWestern Africa	33.3	30.9	35.7	29.4	37.1	5.4
51	EcuadorECUSouth America	32.7	29.3	36.1	34.2	31.2	5.7
52	PeruPERSouth America	32.2	31.5	33.0	34.9	29.6	10.4
53	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	30.4	27.9	33.0	31.3	29.5	50.2
54	BelizeBLZCentral America	30.0	26.2	33.7	30.0	30.0	0.1
55	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	29.4	25.8	33.0	33.3	25.5	2.1
56	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	28.7	26.0	31.5	30.4	27.1	2.7
57	ColombiaCOLSouth America	28.5	27.7	29.2	32.1	24.8	14.2
58	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	27.8	25.4	30.2	29.5	26.1	29.9
59	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	27.2	24.5	29.9	30.1	24.2	0.8
60	MexicoMEXCentral America	25.3	24.7	25.9	29.5	21.2	31.8
61	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	25.0	22.0	28.1	26.0	24.1	3.0
62	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	24.3	24.0	24.6	25.8	22.8	56.0
63	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	24.2	21.5	26.8	26.0	22.3	0.3
64	ParaguayPRYSouth America	24.0	20.9	27.2	24.7	23.4	1.6
65	MaliMLIWestern Africa	23.9	20.2	27.5	24.4	23.4	5.0
66	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	23.6	16.7	30.5	23.6	23.6	—
67	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	23.3	21.1	25.5	23.3	23.3	—
68	TongaTONPolynesia	23.2	19.5	26.9	23.2	23.2	—
69	SamoaWSMPolynesia	22.5	20.0	25.0	22.5	22.5	—
70	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	22.2	19.6	24.8	22.9	21.5	11.7
=71	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	21.1	18.5	23.7	20.3	22.0	1.2
=71	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	21.1	15.7	26.4	—	—	—
73	UkraineUKREastern Europe	19.9	17.3	22.5	22.3	17.5	8.9
74	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	18.2	17.1	19.3	19.9	16.5	10.8
75	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	17.7	15.1	20.2	17.9	17.5	0.3
76	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	17.6	14.9	20.3	17.7	17.5	7.6
77	ChileCHLSouth America	17.3	16.6	18.1	18.5	16.1	3.3
78	BrazilBRASouth America	15.8	15.3	16.3	18.4	13.2	32.8
79	Costa RicaCRICentral America	15.3	14.6	16.1	17.7	13.0	0.8
80	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	14.9	12.7	17.0	13.4	16.4	5.0
81	FijiFJIMelanesia	14.3	12.8	15.9	14.3	14.3	0.1
=82	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	14.0	11.8	16.1	15.8	12.1	0.7
=82	UruguayURYSouth America	14.0	12.9	15.1	15.9	12.2	0.5
84	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	13.9	11.6	16.2	15.7	12.1	2.7
85	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	13.5	10.9	16.1	13.6	13.3	—
86	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	13.4	10.8	15.9	13.2	13.5	—
87	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	13.2	10.7	15.6	13.9	12.4	0.9
=88	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	12.3	10.0	14.6	12.8	11.8	3.1
=88	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	12.3	10.4	14.1	10.9	13.6	0.5
90	IsraelISRWestern Asia	12.2	10.5	13.9	11.7	12.7	1.1
91	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	12.0	9.8	14.3	12.1	12.0	1.1
92	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	11.7	11.2	12.3	13.2	10.3	0.3
93	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	11.5	9.4	13.5	13.4	9.5	1.2
94	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	11.3	9.0	13.7	11.7	11.0	0.3
95	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	11.0	8.9	13.1	12.9	9.2	0.4
96	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	10.2	8.5	11.9	11.0	9.4	0.2
97	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	10.0	8.0	12.1	10.4	9.7	0.3
=98	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	8.9	7.0	10.7	8.9	8.8	0.9
=98	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	8.9	8.5	9.2	8.0	9.8	2.0
100	SpainESPSouthern Europe	8.8	7.1	10.5	10.0	7.7	4.2
=101	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	8.6	6.1	11.1	9.7	7.6	0.9
=101	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	8.6	6.6	10.6	10.0	7.2	0.8
103	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	8.3	6.9	9.7	6.9	9.7	0.4
=104	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	8.2	6.6	9.9	9.3	7.2	0.2
=104	United StatesUSANorthern America	8.2	7.9	8.5	8.9	7.5	27.7
106	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	8.0	6.2	9.7	8.7	7.2	0.4
107	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	7.9	6.4	9.4	7.8	8.0	0.1
108	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	6.8	5.9	7.6	7.0	6.6	0.2
109	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	6.6	4.5	8.8	7.2	6.0	—
110	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	6.5	5.7	7.3	7.8	5.1	6.3
111	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	6.4	6.3	6.4	6.6	6.1	0.4
=112	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	6.0	5.2	6.8	5.9	6.2	8.8
=112	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	6.0	4.5	7.5	6.3	5.7	0.3
=114	CanadaCANNorthern America	5.8	5.6	6.0	6.0	5.5	2.2
=114	FranceFRAWestern Europe	5.8	4.7	6.8	5.1	6.4	3.8
=114	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	5.8	5.3	6.3	5.6	6.0	15.8
=114	PolandPOLEastern Europe	5.8	4.5	7.2	7.3	4.3	2.2
118	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	5.4	5.0	5.8	5.9	4.9	3.9
119	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	5.3	3.8	6.8	5.5	5.2	0.5
120	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	5.1	3.9	6.2	4.1	6.0	2.6
121	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	5.0	3.6	6.5	5.5	4.5	0.3
122	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	4.6	3.4	5.9	5.0	4.3	0.8
123	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	4.5	3.5	5.5	4.8	4.2	0.3
124	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	4.4	3.3	5.4	5.7	3.0	—
125	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	4.2	2.9	5.5	4.9	3.4	0.4
126	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	4.1	2.8	5.4	3.9	4.3	0.2
127	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	3.9	3.0	4.8	3.5	4.3	2.6
128	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	3.7	2.7	4.7	3.1	4.4	0.4
=129	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	3.4	2.4	4.5	3.1	3.7	2.9
=129	JapanJPNEastern Asia	3.4	2.4	4.4	2.1	4.7	4.3
131	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	3.1	2.2	4.0	3.0	3.1	—
132	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	3.0	2.0	4.1	3.5	2.6	0.3
133	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	2.6	1.2	4.0	2.6	2.5	0.5
134	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	2.0	1.3	2.6	1.5	2.4	0.2
135	BelarusBLREastern Europe	1.4	1.0	1.8	1.6	1.2	0.1

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

1South Sudan85.7
2Sierra Leone85.3
3Haiti82.7
4Liberia80.6
5Malawi79.9

Lowest

135Belarus1.4
134Switzerland2.0
133Kazakhstan2.6
132Austria3.0
131Luxembourg3.1

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 23.2. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

90% confidence interval, lower bound (%)
HighestSouth Sudan84.5
LowestBelarus1.0
Middle country: 19.6
90% confidence interval, upper bound (%)
HighestSouth Sudan86.9
LowestBelarus1.8
Middle country: 25.5
Women aged 15 and over (%)
HighestSierra Leone86.5
LowestSwitzerland1.5
Middle country: 23.3
Men aged 15 and over (%)
HighestSouth Sudan85.7
LowestBelarus1.2
Middle country: 22.4
People in moderate or severe food insecurity (millions)
HighestNigeria112.1
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 2.8

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+14 / −0countries joined / left
112values changed, of 121 in both
71 · 41rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Pakistan14.2 → 24.3+10.1
Lebanon14.7 → 21.1+6.4
Nigeria47.1 → 53.5+6.4
Afghanistan57.6 → 63.1+5.5
Mauritania35.9 → 41.2+5.3

Fell most

Greece13.3 → 8.6−4.7
Egypt31.2 → 27.8−3.4
Albania37.1 → 33.8−3.3
Togo59.6 → 56.4−3.2
Armenia14.8 → 11.7−3.1

+ Angola

+ Belgium

+ Belarus

+ Belize

+ DR Congo

+ Fiji

+ Haiti

+ Laos

+ Liberia

+ Maldives

+ Myanmar

+ Mongolia

+ Timor-Leste

+ Tonga

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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Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2019.
120 distinct values among 135
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 4 countries share 5.8. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
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Which end is better
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14 empty cells
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0610 held

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