Data for 2024

Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, 2024

2024, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, 2024 covers 135 countries on 6 measures. South Sudan is highest, at 88.8; Belarus is lowest, at 1.0. The middle country reads 20.9. Against 2023, 120 values changed (42 up, 78 down), 2 countries joined, 2 left.

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Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity · Data for 2024

HighestSouth Sudan

88.8

LowestBelarus

1.0

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
2024the year it describes
117distinct 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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	88.8	87.2	90.4	88.8	88.8	10.5
2	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	88.1	85.1	91.1	88.5	87.7	7.6
3	HaitiHTICaribbean	83.5	80.2	86.7	85.5	81.4	9.8
4	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	81.7	79.9	83.5	81.7	81.6	89.3
5	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	81.6	80.3	82.9	82.7	80.4	17.7
6	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	79.0	76.8	81.2	79.9	78.1	4.4
7	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	77.8	70.3	85.3	82.0	73.6	33.2
8	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	76.5	74.5	78.6	76.9	76.2	178.1
9	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	75.4	74.8	76.0	78.2	72.6	28.6
10	YemenYEMWestern Asia	74.4	73.4	75.3	75.6	73.1	30.2
11	KenyaKENEastern Africa	71.7	70.2	73.3	73.1	70.3	40.5
12	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	70.8	68.9	72.7	71.8	69.7	9.9
13	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	70.1	65.9	74.3	71.8	68.4	11.7
14	BeninBENWestern Africa	65.6	63.5	67.7	66.9	64.4	9.5
15	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	65.1	63.2	67.0	65.6	64.5	3.4
16	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	65.0	62.6	67.4	65.7	64.3	13.1
17	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	61.7	57.6	65.7	65.5	57.8	0.8
18	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	61.6	59.8	63.5	62.1	61.2	1.4
19	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	61.1	59.5	62.7	60.7	61.5	19.5
20	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	60.9	57.3	64.5	61.2	60.7	17.7
21	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	60.1	54.9	65.2	60.0	60.2	79.4
22	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	57.0	54.9	59.2	56.3	57.8	39.1
23	TogoTGOWestern Africa	56.3	53.8	58.9	56.9	55.8	4.7
24	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	55.8	50.8	60.8	52.6	59.0	1.6
25	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	54.0	51.6	56.3	55.8	52.1	1.6
26	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	52.0	48.6	55.3	54.3	49.6	1.3
27	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	51.6	50.1	53.1	51.8	51.4	25.8
28	NigerNERWestern Africa	50.3	48.5	52.0	49.5	51.0	13.6
29	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	49.0	45.0	53.0	52.2	45.8	9.0
30	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	47.2	43.6	50.8	44.4	50.0	1.3
31	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	45.8	43.9	47.7	47.0	44.6	9.8
32	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	44.3	40.9	47.7	46.6	41.9	2.6
33	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	43.9	40.4	47.4	43.9	43.9	—
34	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	43.5	42.2	44.7	43.1	43.8	15.0
35	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	41.7	37.9	45.4	45.7	37.5	2.6
36	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	41.3	37.4	45.2	45.3	37.2	4.7
37	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	41.2	38.7	43.8	42.1	40.3	9.7
38	HondurasHNDCentral America	39.3	38.6	40.1	42.4	36.3	4.3
39	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	37.9	36.1	39.6	37.8	37.9	12.1
40	IranIRNSouthern Asia	37.7	34.9	40.5	37.3	38.1	34.5
41	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	36.4	32.9	39.8	39.4	33.3	6.4
42	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	35.0	32.2	37.8	34.6	35.4	10.4
43	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	34.4	31.6	37.2	35.5	33.4	2.7
44	PeruPERSouth America	33.6	32.8	34.3	38.8	28.4	11.5
45	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	32.7	31.4	33.9	33.1	32.2	37.8
46	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	32.1	29.2	35.0	32.1	32.1	0.2
47	UkraineUKREastern Europe	32.0	29.1	35.0	36.6	27.4	12.2
48	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	31.8	28.5	35.1	36.4	27.2	0.9
49	ArgentinaARGSouth America	31.7	28.5	34.8	34.6	28.8	14.5
50	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	31.6	28.4	34.9	28.1	35.2	2.3
51	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	31.3	27.1	35.5	32.4	30.3	17.1
52	EcuadorECUSouth America	31.1	27.7	34.4	33.7	28.4	5.6
53	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	29.9	27.2	32.7	31.8	28.0	34.9
54	BoliviaBOLSouth America	29.6	28.3	30.8	31.9	27.3	3.7
55	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	28.2	25.1	31.3	29.7	26.8	0.4
56	PalauPLWMicronesia	28.1	21.2	35.0	28.1	28.1	—
57	ColombiaCOLSouth America	28.0	27.1	29.0	30.3	25.7	14.8
58	SenegalSENWestern Africa	27.7	25.4	29.9	29.1	26.2	5.1
59	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	27.6	26.7	28.5	28.2	27.0	0.4
60	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	26.4	22.6	30.1	31.3	21.5	0.8
61	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	26.2	24.4	28.0	26.8	25.5	45.4
62	ParaguayPRYSouth America	25.8	22.6	28.9	26.4	25.2	1.8
63	GuyanaGUYSouth America	25.5	24.3	26.7	25.5	25.5	0.2
64	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	24.2	21.1	27.4	25.2	23.2	3.0
65	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	24.0	20.0	27.9	25.1	22.8	2.5
66	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	22.9	22.2	23.5	26.8	19.0	57.5
67	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	22.8	19.9	25.7	24.6	21.0	0.9
68	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	20.9	19.7	22.0	21.5	20.2	13.3
69	MaliMLIWestern Africa	20.6	18.7	22.4	20.8	20.4	5.0
70	SamoaWSMPolynesia	18.2	16.7	19.8	18.2	18.2	—
71	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	17.9	16.8	19.1	17.5	18.4	0.9
72	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	17.6	14.0	21.2	17.1	18.1	8.2
73	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	16.9	13.3	20.4	19.1	14.7	1.6
=74	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	16.5	14.0	18.9	16.5	16.5	—
=74	MexicoMEXCentral America	16.5	15.9	17.1	19.3	13.8	21.6
76	ChileCHLSouth America	16.0	15.8	16.3	15.9	16.1	3.2
77	UruguayURYSouth America	15.5	14.1	16.8	17.5	13.4	0.5
78	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	15.4	13.0	17.9	14.1	16.7	5.5
79	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	15.2	12.9	17.5	16.3	14.1	2.9
80	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	15.1	13.2	17.1	15.8	14.5	4.0
81	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	14.6	12.6	16.6	15.0	14.1	1.5
82	Costa RicaCRICentral America	13.9	13.1	14.6	15.8	11.9	0.7
83	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	13.3	6.5	20.2	14.1	12.6	0.7
84	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	13.1	10.8	15.5	13.4	12.9	0.2
85	BelizeBLZCentral America	12.8	10.2	15.5	12.8	12.8	—
86	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	11.7	9.5	13.8	13.8	9.5	0.2
87	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	11.0	8.4	13.6	13.9	8.2	1.2
88	United StatesUSANorthern America	10.7	10.4	11.0	12.8	8.6	36.9
=89	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	10.5	8.2	12.8	11.4	9.6	0.7
=89	CanadaCANNorthern America	10.5	10.3	10.7	11.2	9.8	4.2
=91	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	10.1	8.1	12.1	10.5	9.8	0.6
=91	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	10.1	9.7	10.4	10.2	10.0	2.3
93	BrazilBRASouth America	9.6	9.4	9.8	11.3	7.8	20.3
=94	FranceFRAWestern Europe	9.4	8.2	10.5	8.6	10.2	6.2
=94	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	9.4	8.0	10.7	8.6	10.2	0.5
=94	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	9.4	7.7	11.2	10.8	8.0	9.5
97	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	9.3	7.0	11.7	11.0	7.6	1.1
98	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	9.2	7.0	11.4	10.1	8.2	0.2
99	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	9.1	7.1	11.0	10.3	7.8	1.0
=100	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	9.0	7.6	10.4	9.7	8.2	—
=100	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	9.0	6.7	11.4	10.5	7.5	—
=102	IsraelISRWestern Asia	8.9	7.2	10.6	9.2	8.6	0.8
=102	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	8.9	6.8	10.9	10.1	7.6	1.6
104	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	8.7	7.0	10.4	9.8	7.6	0.3
=105	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	7.9	4.7	11.1	9.5	6.3	—
=105	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	7.9	6.6	9.2	8.2	7.6	0.8
=107	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	7.6	5.2	10.0	8.4	6.8	0.4
=107	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	7.6	5.6	9.5	9.0	6.2	0.2
=109	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	7.4	5.7	9.1	8.0	6.8	0.5
=109	SpainESPSouthern Europe	7.4	5.8	9.1	9.2	5.7	3.6
=109	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	7.4	5.9	8.9	6.9	8.0	5.1
112	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	7.3	5.4	9.1	8.3	6.2	0.4
=113	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	7.1	5.9	8.4	8.3	5.9	0.2
=113	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	7.1	6.0	8.3	7.5	6.8	0.7
=115	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	6.7	5.1	8.4	8.0	5.5	0.2
=115	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	6.7	5.0	8.4	7.2	6.2	0.6
=117	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	6.2	5.0	7.4	6.3	6.1	0.4
=117	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	6.2	4.8	7.6	5.8	6.6	0.3
119	JapanJPNEastern Asia	6.1	4.9	7.4	4.4	7.9	7.6
120	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	5.8	4.2	7.3	4.4	7.1	3.0
121	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	4.9	3.1	6.8	6.0	3.9	0.2
122	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	4.7	3.9	5.5	5.0	4.3	0.2
123	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	4.5	3.7	5.3	4.8	4.2	3.2
124	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	4.4	3.0	5.9	4.1	4.8	0.4
=125	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	4.2	4.0	4.4	4.2	4.2	11.8
=125	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	4.2	2.6	5.7	3.9	4.4	0.5
127	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	4.1	2.8	5.5	4.0	4.3	3.5
128	PolandPOLEastern Europe	2.7	1.7	3.8	3.4	2.1	1.1
=129	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	2.6	1.7	3.5	2.6	2.6	—
=129	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	2.6	1.8	3.4	2.6	2.7	3.8
=129	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	2.6	1.9	3.3	2.1	3.2	0.2
132	ItalyITASouthern Europe	1.7	1.5	1.8	1.9	1.4	1.0
=133	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	1.4	1.3	1.5	1.6	1.2	—
=133	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	1.4	0.9	2.0	1.3	1.5	0.3
135	BelarusBLREastern Europe	1.0	—	1.8	1.1	0.8	—

02In 2024

At either end

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

Highest

1South Sudan88.8
2Sierra Leone88.1
3Haiti83.5
4DR Congo81.7
5Malawi81.6

Lowest

135Belarus1.0
133Kazakhstanshared1.4
133Cyprusshared1.4
132Italy1.7
129Russiashared2.6

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 20.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

90% confidence interval, lower bound (%)
HighestSouth Sudan87.2
LowestKazakhstan0.9
Middle country: 19.8
90% confidence interval, upper bound (%)
HighestSierra Leone91.1
LowestCyprus1.5
Middle country: 22.4
Women aged 15 and over (%)
HighestSouth Sudan88.8
LowestBelarus1.1
Middle country: 21.5
Men aged 15 and over (%)
HighestSouth Sudan88.8
LowestBelarus0.8
Middle country: 20.2
People in moderate or severe food insecurity (millions)
HighestNigeria178.1
Lowest11 share it
Middle country: 3.3

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −2countries joined / left
120values changed, of 133 in both
42 · 78rose · fell
13unchanged

Rose most

Bolivia25.7 → 29.6+3.9
Eswatini59.0 → 61.7+2.7
Estonia10.8 → 13.1+2.3
Lebanon42.4 → 44.3+1.9
Lesotho59.9 → 61.6+1.7

Fell most

Gambia54.8 → 47.2−7.6
North Macedonia15.2 → 9.2−6.0
Georgia26.6 → 22.8−3.8
El Salvador45.5 → 41.7−3.8
Brazil13.3 → 9.6−3.7

+ Kyrgyzstan

+ Paraguay

− Antigua and Barbuda

− Comoros

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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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

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One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2024.
117 distinct values among 135
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 9.4. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
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Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
12 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

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0610 held

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