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Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, 2022

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Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, 2022 covers 147 countries on 6 measures. Sierra Leone is highest, at 88.6; Belarus is lowest, at 1.2. The middle country reads 25.5. Against 2021, 130 values changed (63 up, 67 down), 3 countries joined, 1 left.

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Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity · Data for 2022

HighestSierra Leone

88.6

LowestBelarus

1.2

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

147countries
6measures per country
2022the year it describes
134distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	88.6	85.6	91.6	88.6	88.6	7.3
2	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	88.1	86.6	89.7	88.1	88.1	4.5
3	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	87.3	86.0	88.6	87.3	87.3	9.7
4	HaitiHTICaribbean	82.8	77.7	88.0	83.7	81.9	9.5
5	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	81.7	80.4	83.1	82.5	81.0	16.8
6	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	81.0	78.4	83.6	83.5	78.5	4.4
7	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	80.9	76.1	85.7	85.5	76.4	32.9
8	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	80.2	78.3	82.0	79.6	80.7	82.1
9	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	79.7	74.7	84.7	80.0	79.5	0.7
10	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	78.7	78.1	79.2	81.6	75.7	28.0
11	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	73.9	71.8	75.9	74.1	73.6	164.8
12	KenyaKENEastern Africa	72.8	71.3	74.4	75.4	70.3	39.5
13	YemenYEMWestern Asia	72.5	69.4	75.5	76.1	68.9	27.7
14	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	70.8	68.9	72.7	71.8	69.7	9.4
15	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	70.7	66.5	74.9	71.2	70.2	11.4
16	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	67.0	64.6	69.4	67.3	66.7	12.4
17	BeninBENWestern Africa	63.3	61.2	65.4	64.2	62.4	8.7
18	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	62.5	60.3	64.8	62.5	62.5	1.3
19	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	61.2	59.3	63.1	62.3	60.2	3.0
20	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	60.3	57.3	63.3	60.2	60.4	16.7
21	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	60.2	58.3	62.1	62.0	58.4	18.3
22	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	59.5	57.6	61.3	59.3	59.5	28.1
=23	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	59.0	54.5	63.5	57.8	60.3	74.0
=23	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	59.0	55.8	62.2	58.1	59.9	1.6
25	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	58.2	56.0	60.3	58.1	58.3	37.6
26	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	57.4	55.4	59.4	57.7	57.1	1.3
27	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	57.2	52.8	61.7	58.0	56.5	0.7
28	TogoTGOWestern Africa	57.0	54.4	59.6	55.5	58.5	4.6
29	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	56.8	54.4	59.2	58.7	54.8	1.6
30	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	55.4	51.9	58.8	58.0	52.8	1.4
31	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	55.1	50.0	60.1	54.1	56.0	1.6
32	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	54.6	50.5	58.8	56.2	53.0	0.1
33	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	52.4	48.9	55.8	57.4	47.3	9.4
34	NigerNERWestern Africa	50.3	48.5	52.1	50.8	49.8	12.7
35	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	49.2	43.2	55.3	49.2	49.3	0.6
36	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	46.9	43.2	50.6	53.8	39.9	2.9
=37	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	46.1	42.2	50.0	49.5	42.7	5.2
=37	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	46.1	44.2	48.0	46.4	45.8	9.3
39	HondurasHNDCentral America	43.7	43.3	44.0	47.3	40.0	4.6
40	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	43.2	39.8	46.6	46.2	40.2	7.4
41	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	42.4	40.9	43.9	43.5	41.3	14.1
42	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	41.9	38.0	45.9	42.0	42.0	—
43	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	40.7	38.2	43.3	39.3	42.1	9.2
44	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	40.1	37.4	42.9	40.9	39.4	2.3
45	IranIRNSouthern Asia	39.9	36.4	43.4	39.9	39.9	35.7
46	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	39.4	37.6	41.1	39.4	39.3	12.0
47	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	37.9	34.6	41.2	40.0	35.8	2.7
48	PeruPERSouth America	37.2	36.4	37.9	43.5	30.9	12.5
49	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	37.0	33.9	40.2	37.0	37.0	11.0
50	EcuadorECUSouth America	36.9	33.5	40.2	40.6	33.1	6.6
51	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	36.3	33.5	39.1	36.8	35.8	2.7
52	ArgentinaARGSouth America	36.1	32.6	39.7	41.7	30.5	16.4
53	SurinameSURSouth America	35.9	30.6	41.1	40.4	31.3	0.2
54	DominicaDMACaribbean	34.4	30.6	38.3	34.4	34.4	—
55	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	34.3	31.1	37.5	34.3	34.3	0.2
56	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	33.2	31.9	34.4	32.9	33.4	37.8
57	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	32.3	29.4	35.3	34.4	30.2	1.2
58	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	32.2	29.1	35.2	35.7	28.6	0.9
59	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	32.0	27.2	36.9	32.9	31.1	17.2
60	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	31.2	28.0	34.3	30.9	31.4	0.4
61	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	31.1	26.6	35.6	33.3	28.8	—
62	UkraineUKREastern Europe	31.0	27.9	34.0	34.9	27.1	12.7
63	ColombiaCOLSouth America	30.6	29.8	31.4	34.1	27.0	15.8
64	NauruNRUMicronesia	29.9	26.0	33.8	29.9	29.9	—
65	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	29.8	27.0	32.6	32.5	27.1	33.6
66	SenegalSENWestern Africa	29.4	27.2	31.7	28.6	30.2	5.2
67	FijiFJIMelanesia	29.2	22.9	35.4	29.2	29.2	0.3
68	PalauPLWMicronesia	28.1	21.2	35.0	28.1	28.1	—
69	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	28.0	23.8	32.1	29.1	26.8	2.8
70	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	27.6	26.7	28.5	28.6	26.7	0.4
71	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	27.5	26.1	29.0	28.4	26.6	46.6
72	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	26.7	23.6	29.9	26.4	27.0	3.2
73	ParaguayPRYSouth America	26.2	23.0	29.3	26.1	26.3	1.8
74	GuyanaGUYSouth America	25.5	24.3	26.7	25.5	25.5	0.2
75	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	24.7	21.7	27.7	28.7	20.7	0.8
76	BoliviaBOLSouth America	23.4	22.3	24.5	25.0	21.7	2.8
77	BelizeBLZCentral America	23.3	20.9	25.7	23.2	23.2	—
78	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	21.9	21.6	22.2	26.9	16.8	53.3
79	MexicoMEXCentral America	20.7	20.0	21.4	24.3	17.1	26.6
80	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	20.2	17.8	22.6	22.3	18.2	0.4
=81	MaliMLIWestern Africa	20.0	18.1	21.8	19.6	20.4	4.6
=81	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	20.0	18.8	21.1	20.8	19.1	12.4
83	SamoaWSMPolynesia	19.3	17.1	21.5	19.3	19.3	—
84	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	19.1	16.4	21.8	20.9	17.3	3.7
85	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	18.9	15.3	22.5	16.9	20.9	8.6
86	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	18.6	13.5	23.7	18.6	18.6	—
87	BrazilBRASouth America	18.4	18.0	18.9	22.0	14.8	38.8
88	ChileCHLSouth America	17.6	16.7	18.6	19.3	15.9	3.4
89	BahamasBHSCaribbean	17.2	13.4	21.1	16.9	17.6	—
90	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	16.7	14.2	19.1	14.3	19.1	5.8
91	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	16.4	14.6	18.1	15.2	17.5	0.8
92	Costa RicaCRICentral America	16.2	15.4	16.9	18.6	13.8	0.8
93	UruguayURYSouth America	15.7	14.3	17.1	18.7	12.7	0.5
94	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	15.0	11.8	18.2	16.9	13.1	1.5
=95	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	14.8	11.4	18.2	17.8	11.8	1.0
=95	TongaTONPolynesia	14.8	11.6	17.9	14.8	14.8	—
97	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	13.5	12.6	14.4	15.1	11.9	—
98	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	13.4	10.8	15.9	13.2	13.5	—
99	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	13.3	11.1	15.5	15.6	10.9	0.4
100	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	13.0	10.5	15.6	13.7	12.3	1.1
101	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	12.9	11.1	14.7	13.0	12.8	3.4
102	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	12.6	6.9	18.2	14.0	11.2	0.7
=103	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	12.3	9.5	15.0	12.7	11.8	—
=103	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	12.3	9.7	14.8	14.4	10.2	1.3
105	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	12.2	10.2	14.2	12.7	11.7	1.3
106	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	11.4	11.1	11.8	11.1	11.7	2.6
107	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	10.8	9.2	12.3	12.5	9.0	10.7
108	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	10.2	7.7	12.8	11.4	9.1	0.2
109	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	10.0	8.4	11.5	11.0	9.0	1.1
=110	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	9.3	6.0	12.7	10.2	8.5	0.1
=110	United StatesUSANorthern America	9.3	9.0	9.6	11.1	7.5	31.8
112	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	9.0	7.5	10.5	10.3	7.7	0.5
113	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	8.6	6.9	10.4	7.7	9.5	0.4
114	CanadaCANNorthern America	8.5	8.3	8.7	9.5	7.6	3.3
115	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	8.2	6.8	9.6	9.8	6.6	—
=116	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	7.9	6.0	9.8	8.8	7.1	0.3
=116	FranceFRAWestern Europe	7.9	6.8	8.9	8.1	7.7	5.2
=116	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	7.9	6.0	9.8	10.9	4.9	0.2
119	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	7.8	6.6	9.1	8.5	7.2	0.2
120	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	7.7	6.9	8.5	7.4	7.9	0.4
121	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	7.3	5.2	9.4	7.9	6.8	0.9
122	IsraelISRWestern Asia	7.2	5.5	8.9	7.1	7.3	0.7
123	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	7.1	5.5	8.6	7.3	6.8	0.4
124	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	7.0	4.6	9.4	8.4	5.6	—
125	SpainESPSouthern Europe	6.9	5.2	8.5	8.4	5.3	3.3
=126	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	6.8	6.1	7.4	7.2	6.4	0.5
=126	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	6.8	4.8	8.8	7.1	6.5	0.4
128	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	6.5	5.9	7.0	6.8	6.1	4.6
129	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	6.4	5.5	7.3	7.0	5.8	0.7
130	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	6.1	4.5	7.7	7.3	4.8	0.2
131	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	6.0	4.5	7.4	5.8	6.2	0.6
=132	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	5.7	4.2	7.2	4.4	7.0	3.0
=132	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	5.7	4.5	6.9	5.9	5.5	3.9
=134	JapanJPNEastern Asia	5.5	4.2	6.8	4.6	6.5	6.9
=134	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	5.5	4.0	7.1	6.5	4.6	1.0
=134	PolandPOLEastern Europe	5.5	4.1	6.8	6.5	4.4	2.1
=137	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	4.9	3.7	6.1	4.4	5.4	0.4
=137	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	4.9	4.2	5.5	5.2	4.5	0.2
139	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	4.7	4.2	5.2	4.7	4.7	13.1
140	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	4.2	3.2	5.3	3.9	4.6	0.2
141	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	4.0	2.4	5.6	3.4	4.7	3.4
142	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	3.6	2.8	4.4	3.8	3.5	5.3
143	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	2.6	1.7	3.5	2.6	2.6	—
144	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	2.5	1.7	3.2	2.2	2.7	0.2
145	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	2.2	1.5	3.0	2.2	2.3	0.5
146	ItalyITASouthern Europe	2.0	1.8	2.2	1.9	2.1	1.2
147	BelarusBLREastern Europe	1.2	—	2.5	1.4	1.1	0.1

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

147Belarus1.2
146Italy2.0
145Kazakhstan2.2
144Switzerland2.5
143Luxembourg2.6

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 25.5. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

90% confidence interval, lower bound (%)
HighestCentral African Republic86.6
LowestKazakhstan1.5
Middle country: 22.6
90% confidence interval, upper bound (%)
HighestSierra Leone91.6
LowestItaly2.2
Middle country: 27.7
Women aged 15 and over (%)
HighestSierra Leone88.6
LowestBelarus1.4
Middle country: 26.4
Men aged 15 and over (%)
HighestSierra Leone88.6
LowestBelarus1.1
Middle country: 25.5
People in moderate or severe food insecurity (millions)
HighestNigeria164.8
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 3.0

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −1countries joined / left
130values changed, of 144 in both
63 · 67rose · fell
14unchanged

Rose most

Mauritania53.7 → 61.2+7.5
Yemen67.2 → 72.5+5.3
Fiji24.2 → 29.2+5.0
DR Congo75.9 → 80.2+4.3
Nigeria69.7 → 73.9+4.2

Fell most

Uganda65.9 → 59.5−6.4
Dominican Republic52.1 → 46.1−6.0
Pakistan27.6 → 21.9−5.7
Honduras49.3 → 43.7−5.6
Belize28.0 → 23.3−4.7

+ Burundi

+ Palau

+ Trinidad and Tobago

− Timor-Leste

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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134 distinct values among 147
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17 empty cells
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0610 held

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