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Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, 2022

Name: Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, 2022
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Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, 2022 covers 140 countries on 6 measures. South Sudan is highest, at 63.2; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.6. The middle country reads 5.4. Against 2021, 111 values changed (53 up, 58 down), 5 countries joined, 1 left.

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Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity · Data for 2022

HighestSouth Sudan

63.2

Lowest3 countries share it

0.6

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

140countries
6measures per country
2022the year it describes
95distinct values1 decimal, as published
Oct 13, 2026read from the publisher
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1	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	63.2	61.7	64.7	63.2	63.2	7.0
2	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	56.3	54.1	58.5	56.3	56.3	2.9
3	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	53.5	52.0	55.0	55.0	52.0	11.0
4	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	42.4	37.5	47.4	44.1	40.8	4.9
5	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	41.7	39.5	44.0	40.3	43.1	42.7
6	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	37.3	34.4	40.3	39.9	34.7	2.0
7	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	32.3	28.3	36.4	32.1	32.6	2.7
8	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	31.8	29.9	33.8	33.3	30.4	0.9
9	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	30.6	25.4	35.7	34.7	26.5	12.4
10	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	28.0	27.0	29.1	29.1	26.9	15.2
11	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	27.4	21.5	33.3	28.4	26.4	0.2
=12	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	26.6	23.6	29.5	28.4	24.7	0.6
=12	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	26.6	22.9	30.2	26.2	27.0	0.8
14	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	26.1	22.3	29.9	26.8	25.3	4.2
15	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	25.5	22.8	28.2	25.9	25.1	0.7
=16	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	25.4	22.6	28.2	24.7	26.1	7.0
=16	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	25.4	23.7	27.1	25.2	25.6	16.4
18	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	25.3	23.7	26.9	25.8	24.7	0.6
19	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	25.2	23.9	26.4	25.0	25.3	4.7
20	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	23.3	22.8	23.7	24.3	22.2	8.3
21	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	22.6	21.1	24.0	22.6	22.6	50.4
22	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	20.9	19.6	22.3	21.6	20.2	2.8
23	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	20.8	18.3	23.4	22.3	19.4	3.7
24	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	19.9	17.1	22.7	21.3	18.4	1.4
25	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	19.7	16.4	22.9	19.8	19.5	24.7
=26	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	19.0	17.5	20.5	20.8	17.1	2.1
=26	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	19.0	17.5	20.5	19.0	18.9	3.8
28	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	18.6	15.6	21.6	18.3	18.9	0.2
29	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	17.7	16.6	18.8	17.8	17.6	8.4
30	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	16.5	12.4	20.6	15.4	17.6	0.2
=31	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	15.8	14.3	17.2	16.2	15.4	2.2
=31	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	15.8	13.6	18.0	17.9	13.7	1.0
33	Honduras`HND`Central America	15.3	14.9	15.6	16.6	13.9	1.6
34	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	14.1	11.5	16.8	14.4	13.8	—
35	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	13.5	11.6	15.5	13.3	13.8	4.0
36	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	13.2	12.0	14.3	14.0	12.4	4.0
37	Argentina`ARG`South America	13.1	10.9	15.2	15.7	10.4	5.9
38	Ecuador`ECU`South America	12.7	9.8	15.5	14.1	11.2	2.3
39	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	11.7	10.0	13.3	12.2	11.1	0.7
40	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	11.6	10.9	12.4	12.3	11.0	0.6
41	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	11.3	9.3	13.3	10.7	11.8	1.4
42	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	10.9	9.1	12.7	10.1	11.8	0.9
43	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	10.4	9.0	11.8	11.7	9.0	11.7
44	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	10.2	8.1	12.4	9.9	10.6	0.1
45	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	9.2	6.9	11.5	9.2	9.2	—
46	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	9.0	7.4	10.5	9.0	9.0	0.2
47	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8.9	8.1	9.8	9.1	8.8	2.7
48	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	8.5	4.9	12.1	8.5	8.5	—
49	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	8.4	7.7	9.1	9.0	7.9	5.3
=50	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8.2	6.5	9.9	9.3	7.2	0.2
=50	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8.2	7.6	8.9	8.6	7.9	2.7
=52	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	7.5	6.1	8.9	7.6	7.4	0.3
=52	Niger`NER`Western Africa	7.5	7.0	7.9	7.6	7.3	1.9
54	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	7.4	5.1	9.7	8.0	6.8	—
=55	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	7.2	6.0	8.5	6.8	7.6	1.6
=55	Suriname`SUR`South America	7.2	4.9	9.5	8.2	6.2	—
57	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	7.1	5.6	8.6	7.2	6.9	1.4
=58	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	6.9	5.0	8.7	6.9	6.9	—
=58	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	6.9	5.4	8.4	7.3	6.5	3.7
=58	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	6.9	3.6	10.2	6.9	6.9	—
=58	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	6.9	6.4	7.4	7.0	6.8	0.1
62	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6.7	4.9	8.6	7.2	6.3	0.7
=63	Brazil`BRA`South America	6.6	6.5	6.7	8.0	5.2	14.0
=63	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6.6	5.1	8.1	6.2	7.1	0.4
65	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6.4	5.2	7.7	6.9	6.0	5.8
66	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6.2	4.8	7.6	6.3	6.1	0.5
67	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	6.0	4.7	7.3	6.0	6.0	—
=68	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	5.8	4.2	7.5	5.8	5.8	—
=68	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	5.8	4.6	6.9	4.7	6.8	2.0
70	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	5.6	2.8	8.5	4.3	7.0	2.6
=71	Colombia`COL`South America	5.3	5.0	5.6	5.7	5.0	2.8
=71	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	5.3	1.2	9.4	5.3	5.3	—
=71	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	5.3	3.8	6.8	6.3	4.2	0.2
=71	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	5.3	4.0	6.6	5.4	5.2	2.2
75	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	4.8	3.6	6.1	6.0	3.7	—
76	Guyana`GUY`South America	4.7	4.1	5.3	4.7	4.7	—
=77	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.3	3.4	5.3	5.0	3.7	0.7
=77	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.3	3.3	5.3	4.3	4.3	—
79	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	4.2	3.4	5.0	3.6	4.8	1.1
80	Peru`PER`South America	4.1	3.8	4.4	4.8	3.5	1.4
81	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.0	2.9	5.1	4.0	4.0	0.7
82	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3.8	2.9	4.6	3.2	4.3	0.2
=83	Chile`CHL`South America	3.7	3.2	4.1	4.0	3.4	0.7
=83	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3.7	3.6	3.8	5.7	1.6	8.9
=85	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.6	3.2	4.0	3.8	3.3	0.4
=85	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3.6	2.2	4.9	4.0	3.2	0.3
=87	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	3.4	2.9	3.9	3.3	3.5	—
=87	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	3.4	1.8	5.0	3.3	3.6	—
=87	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3.4	2.5	4.4	2.7	4.1	0.2
90	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3.3	1.8	4.8	3.4	3.2	0.3
91	Belize`BLZ`Central America	3.2	2.5	3.9	3.2	3.2	—
=92	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3.0	1.3	4.8	2.9	3.2	0.2
=92	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3.0	2.7	3.3	3.6	2.4	3.9
=92	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	3.0	1.9	4.0	3.5	2.4	0.3
95	Uruguay`URY`South America	2.9	2.3	3.4	3.3	2.4	—
=96	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.8	1.9	3.6	3.3	2.2	—
=96	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.8	2.5	3.1	3.1	2.6	0.1
98	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.7	1.9	3.4	2.7	2.6	0.6
99	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	2.6	1.3	3.9	2.6	2.6	—
=100	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2.5	1.4	3.6	3.3	1.7	0.2
=100	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.5	1.4	3.6	2.4	2.6	—
=100	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2.5	2.2	2.9	2.5	2.6	2.9
=100	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.5	2.0	3.0	2.0	3.0	0.1
=100	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.5	1.7	3.4	2.5	2.6	1.7
105	France`FRA`Western Europe	2.3	1.7	2.8	2.4	2.1	1.5
=106	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.2	1.5	2.9	2.3	2.2	0.2
=106	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2.2	1.1	3.4	1.8	2.7	—
108	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2.1	1.5	2.6	2.4	1.7	2.1
=109	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	2.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	0.2
=109	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.0	1.5	2.5	2.3	1.6	—
=109	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.0	1.3	2.6	2.2	1.7	0.1
=112	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.9	1.1	2.7	1.6	2.1	0.1
=112	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.9	1.0	2.8	2.4	1.5	—
=112	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.9	1.1	2.7	2.2	1.6	0.3
=115	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.8	0.9	2.6	1.5	2.0	0.2
=115	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.8	0.9	2.7	1.5	2.1	0.2
117	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.7	1.0	2.3	1.3	2.1	—
118	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.6	0.8	2.3	1.8	1.3	—
=119	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.5	1.4	1.6	1.7	1.3	0.6
=119	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.5	0.6	2.5	1.0	2.0	1.3
=119	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.5	1.1	1.8	1.8	1.1	0.2
=119	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.5	0.8	2.3	1.9	1.2	0.7
=123	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.4	0.7	2.1	1.3	1.5	—
=123	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.4	1.0	1.7	1.0	1.8	—
125	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.3	0.5	2.2	1.7	1.0	—
=126	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.2	0.6	1.8	0.7	1.7	1.5
=126	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.2	1.1	1.3	1.2	1.2	0.3
=128	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.1	0.6	1.6	0.9	1.4	—
=128	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.1	0.9	1.3	1.2	1.0	0.8
130	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.0	—	1.6	1.1	0.8	—
=131	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.9	0.7	1.1	1.0	0.9	—
=131	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.9	—	1.4	1.0	0.8	0.3
=131	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.9	—	1.5	1.5	—	—
=131	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.9	—	1.4	—	1.4	0.5
=135	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.8	—	1.3	0.7	0.9	—
=135	United States`USA`Northern America	0.8	0.7	0.9	1.0	0.7	2.9
137	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.7	0.6	0.9	0.8	0.7	—
=138	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.6	—	0.9	0.5	0.6	0.1
=138	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.6	—	1.0	—	0.7	—
=138	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.6	—	0.8	0.7	0.6	—

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

138Mongoliashared0.6
138Luxembourgshared0.6
138Kazakhstanshared0.6
137Azerbaijan0.7
135United Statesshared0.8

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.4. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

90% confidence interval, lower bound (%)
HighestSouth Sudan61.7
LowestLithuania0.5
Middle country: 4.8
90% confidence interval, upper bound (%)
HighestSouth Sudan64.7
LowestMongolia0.8
Middle country: 6.9
Women aged 15 and over (%)
HighestSouth Sudan63.2
LowestKazakhstan0.5
Middle country: 5.9
Men aged 15 and over (%)
HighestSouth Sudan63.2
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 5.3
People in severe food insecurity (millions)
HighestNigeria50.4
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 1.4

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

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

+5 / −1countries joined / left
111values changed, of 135 in both
53 · 58rose · fell
24unchanged

Rose most

Eswatini15.6 → 18.6+3.0
Afghanistan28.4 → 30.6+2.2
Fiji6.3 → 8.5+2.2
Mauritania9.5 → 11.6+2.1
Myanmar5.0 → 6.9+1.9

Fell most

Chad28.3 → 25.2−3.1
Dominican Republic22.0 → 19.0−3.0
Uganda20.7 → 17.7−3.0
Zimbabwe28.6 → 26.1−2.5
Georgia9.7 → 7.5−2.2

+ Azerbaijan

+ Burundi

+ Mongolia

+ 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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One year of the 2026 release
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95 distinct values among 140
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47 empty cells
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