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Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, 2015

Name: Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, 2015
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Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, 2015 covers 94 countries on 6 measures. Malawi is highest, at 47.7; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.6. The middle country reads 3.4.

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Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity · Data for 2015

HighestMalawi

47.7

Lowest3 countries share it

0.6

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

94countries
6measures per country
2015the year it describes
65distinct values1 decimal, as published
Oct 13, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of Prevalence of 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 Severe Food Insecurity, 2015: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	47.7	46.1	49.3	49.9	45.5	8.2
2	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	38.6	34.8	42.4	40.0	37.2	1.8
3	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	35.5	32.2	38.7	36.1	34.9	5.1
4	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	32.4	30.4	34.3	33.0	31.7	4.7
5	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	28.9	27.0	30.7	30.6	27.1	0.7
6	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	26.7	26.6	26.9	27.5	26.1	1.9
7	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	25.3	21.9	28.7	27.6	23.1	0.7
8	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	24.3	22.4	26.2	25.8	22.8	2.5
9	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	22.4	20.9	23.9	22.4	22.4	3.7
10	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	22.3	17.5	27.1	21.4	23.3	5.1
11	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	21.5	19.7	23.3	20.5	22.5	8.1
12	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	20.6	18.8	22.3	22.3	18.9	10.7
13	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	18.4	15.0	21.8	20.6	16.2	0.4
=14	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	16.1	14.0	18.1	16.8	15.3	2.6
=14	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	16.1	14.7	17.6	14.5	17.8	1.1
16	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	15.0	14.0	16.0	16.4	13.7	7.1
17	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	14.8	11.0	18.5	15.3	14.2	5.0
18	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	14.5	12.4	16.6	16.2	12.9	15.1
19	Honduras`HND`Central America	14.2	13.9	14.5	15.5	12.9	1.3
20	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	13.8	12.2	15.4	15.0	12.6	0.9
21	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	13.0	10.4	15.6	14.1	11.9	5.2
22	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	11.2	9.5	12.9	13.3	9.0	0.7
23	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	11.0	10.3	11.8	10.0	12.1	21.1
=24	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	10.4	9.2	11.7	10.7	10.2	1.2
=24	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.4	8.5	12.4	10.1	10.8	2.9
26	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	10.0	8.4	11.6	10.7	9.3	0.3
27	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	9.5	8.1	10.9	9.1	10.0	7.9
28	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	9.1	6.0	12.2	9.5	8.8	1.0
29	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	8.4	6.9	10.0	9.9	7.0	8.4
30	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	7.8	6.4	9.2	6.2	9.4	2.4
31	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7.5	6.3	8.7	6.9	8.0	1.1
32	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	7.0	5.5	8.5	7.4	6.5	0.3
33	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6.2	5.3	7.2	6.3	6.2	1.6
34	Ecuador`ECU`South America	6.0	3.3	8.6	6.2	5.7	1.0
35	Argentina`ARG`South America	5.8	4.3	7.2	6.6	4.9	2.5
36	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5.6	4.3	6.9	6.9	4.3	1.1
37	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	5.2	4.1	6.3	5.9	4.5	—
38	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.1	4.3	5.8	5.1	5.0	1.5
=39	Colombia`COL`South America	4.9	4.6	5.2	5.0	4.7	2.3
=39	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4.9	3.8	6.0	3.3	6.4	0.2
=39	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4.9	3.2	6.6	5.2	4.6	0.4
=42	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.6	3.6	5.5	5.3	3.9	0.7
=42	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	4.6	3.9	5.4	4.9	4.4	0.2
44	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	4.5	3.0	6.0	4.5	4.5	—
45	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.1	3.1	5.1	4.4	3.8	0.4
46	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.6	2.4	4.7	3.7	3.4	—
=47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.4	2.6	4.3	2.8	4.1	0.2
=47	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3.4	3.3	3.6	3.8	3.1	4.2
49	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3.2	1.3	5.1	3.2	3.2	—
50	Peru`PER`South America	3.0	2.7	3.2	3.6	2.3	0.9
51	Chile`CHL`South America	2.9	2.6	3.2	3.4	2.5	0.5
=52	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.8	2.0	3.7	2.9	2.7	0.7
=52	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.8	1.8	3.8	3.6	2.0	0.1
54	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.6	1.8	3.5	2.6	2.7	0.3
55	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.5	1.6	3.4	2.5	2.5	—
56	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.4	1.5	3.3	2.4	2.4	0.1
57	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.1	1.4	2.9	2.2	2.1	—
58	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2.0	1.1	2.9	2.4	1.6	0.9
=59	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.9	1.2	2.6	1.7	2.1	0.1
=59	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.9	1.3	2.5	2.9	0.8	1.2
=61	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1.8	1.6	1.9	1.8	1.8	—
=61	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.8	1.1	2.4	1.8	1.7	—
=61	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.8	1.2	2.5	1.9	1.7	0.7
=64	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.7	0.8	2.5	1.5	1.8	—
=64	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.7	1.1	2.4	1.6	1.9	0.2
=66	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.6	0.7	2.4	1.6	1.5	1.0
=66	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.6	1.0	2.3	1.6	1.6	—
=68	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	1.5	1.0	2.1	1.4	1.7	—
=68	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.8	1.2	—
=68	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.5	1.0	2.1	1.4	1.7	0.3
=68	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.5	0.7	2.3	1.5	1.6	0.1
72	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.4	0.8	1.9	1.4	1.4	0.1
73	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.3	0.8	1.8	1.1	1.5	0.1
74	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.2	—	2.6	1.2	1.1	—
=75	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.1	0.8	1.5	1.4	0.9	—
=75	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.1	0.5	1.7	1.3	1.0	—
=75	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.1	0.6	1.5	1.2	1.0	—
=75	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.1	0.6	1.7	1.1	1.1	0.5
=75	United States`USA`Northern America	1.1	1.0	1.2	1.0	1.1	3.5
=80	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.0	—	1.4	1.0	0.9	—
=80	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.0	—	1.5	1.1	0.8	0.8
=80	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.0	0.6	1.5	1.2	0.9	—
=83	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.9	0.5	1.2	0.8	0.9	—
=83	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.9	0.8	1.0	1.1	0.7	2.0
=83	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.9	0.5	1.3	1.0	0.9	—
86	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.8	—	1.2	0.7	0.9	—
=87	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.7	0.7	0.8	1.0	—	1.5
=87	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.7	—	1.0	0.7	0.7	—
=87	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.8	1.8
=87	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.7	—	1.0	0.8	0.6	1.0
=87	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.1
=92	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.6	—	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.2
=92	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.6	—	0.9	0.5	0.6	—
=92	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.6	—	0.8	0.7	0.5	—

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

1Malawi47.7
2Liberia38.6
3Zimbabwe35.5
4Chad32.4
5Namibia28.9

Lowest

92Latviashared0.6
92Croatiashared0.6
92Canadashared0.6
87Russiashared0.7
87Sri Lankashared0.7

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 3.4. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

90% confidence interval, lower bound (%)
HighestMalawi46.1
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 3.3
90% confidence interval, upper bound (%)
HighestMalawi49.3
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 4.5
Women aged 15 and over (%)
HighestMalawi49.9
LowestCroatia0.5
Middle country: 3.6
Men aged 15 and over (%)
HighestMalawi45.5
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 3.4
People in severe food insecurity (millions)
HighestNigeria21.1
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 1.1

03Caveats

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34 empty cells
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