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Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity by country

% of population · 134 countries ranked · 2023

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  1. 1BelarusWorld rank 1st of 134
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  2. 2CyprusWorld rank 2nd of 134
  3. 3ItalyWorld rank 3rd of 134
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  4. 4SwitzerlandWorld rank 4th of 134
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  5. 5KazakhstanWorld rank 4th of 134
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  6. 6LuxembourgWorld rank 6th of 134
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  7. 7RussiaWorld rank 7th of 134
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  8. 8PolandWorld rank 8th of 134
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  9. 9United Arab EmiratesWorld rank 9th of 134
  10. 10GermanyWorld rank 10th of 134
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  11. 11IndonesiaWorld rank 11th of 134
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  12. 12AustriaWorld rank 12th of 134
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  13. 13IrelandWorld rank 13th of 134
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  14. 14MongoliaWorld rank 13th of 134
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  15. 15South KoreaWorld rank 15th of 134
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  16. 16ThailandWorld rank 15th of 134
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  17. 17JapanWorld rank 17th of 134
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  18. 18CroatiaWorld rank 18th of 134
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  19. 19SpainWorld rank 19th of 134
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  20. 20LithuaniaWorld rank 19th of 134
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  21. 21GreeceWorld rank 21st of 134
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  22. 22DenmarkWorld rank 22nd of 134
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  23. 23United KingdomWorld rank 22nd of 134
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  24. 24SwedenWorld rank 22nd of 134
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  25. 25NetherlandsWorld rank 25th of 134
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Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity, 2023. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity, 2023World map of Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity (2023) for 134 countries, from 1.1 % to 89.8 %.Fiji: —Tanzania: 58.0 %W. Sahara: —Canada: 10.2 %United States: 10.3 %Kazakhstan: 2.0 %Uzbekistan: 24.4 %Papua New Guinea: —Indonesia: 4.5 %Argentina: 33.8 %Chile: 19.2 %DR Congo: 81.5 %Somalia: —Kenya: 73.9 %Sudan: —Chad: 66.3 %Haiti: 83.2 %Dominican Republic: 43.8 %Russia: 2.8 %Bahamas: —Falkland Is.: —Norway: 7.8 %Greenland: —Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: —Timor-Leste: —South Africa: 20.7 %Lesotho: 59.9 %Mexico: 19.3 %Uruguay: 16.2 %Brazil: 13.5 %Bolivia: —Peru: 41.0 %Colombia: 27.8 %Panama: —Costa Rica: 15.4 %Nicaragua: —Honduras: 41.3 %El Salvador: 45.5 %Guatemala: 48.8 %Belize: —Venezuela: —Guyana: 25.5 %Suriname: —France: 8.4 %Ecuador: 33.3 %Puerto Rico: —Jamaica: 56.4 %Cuba: —Zimbabwe: 68.8 %Botswana: 53.9 %Namibia: 55.9 %Senegal: 29.1 %Mali: 20.6 %Mauritania: 66.3 %Benin: 65.6 %Niger: 50.9 %Nigeria: 74.8 %Cameroon: 61.2 %Togo: 58.5 %Ghana: 44.5 %Côte d'Ivoire: 38.4 %Guinea: —Guinea-Bissau: —Liberia: 80.8 %Sierra Leone: 89.8 %Burkina Faso: 41.4 %Central African Republic: —Republic of the Congo: —Gabon: —Equatorial Guinea: —Zambia: 45.3 %Malawi: 81.7 %Mozambique: —Eswatini: 59.0 %Angola: —Burundi: 70.8 %Israel: 9.2 %Lebanon: 42.4 %Madagascar: 72.6 %Palestine: 27.0 %Gambia: 54.8 %Tunisia: 25.4 %Algeria: 17.6 %Jordan: —United Arab Emirates: 3.6 %Qatar: —Kuwait: 8.4 %Iraq: —Oman: —Vanuatu: —Cambodia: 40.0 %Thailand: 5.4 %Laos: 35.6 %Myanmar: 32.7 %Vietnam: 10.7 %North Korea: —South Korea: 5.4 %Mongolia: 4.8 %India: —Bangladesh: —Bhutan: —Nepal: 36.6 %Pakistan: 42.1 %Afghanistan: 80.8 %Tajikistan: 25.1 %Kyrgyzstan: —Turkmenistan: —Iran: 38.8 %Syria: —Armenia: 7.8 %Sweden: 6.9 %Belarus: 1.1 %Ukraine: 32.5 %Poland: 3.4 %Austria: 4.7 %Hungary: 15.6 %Moldova: 25.1 %Romania: 18.6 %Lithuania: 6.5 %Latvia: 11.2 %Estonia: 10.8 %Germany: 4.1 %Bulgaria: 11.6 %Greece: 6.6 %Türkiye: —Albania: 33.0 %Croatia: 6.0 %Switzerland: 2.0 %Luxembourg: 2.6 %Belgium: 8.1 %Netherlands: 7.5 %Portugal: 11.9 %Spain: 6.5 %Ireland: 4.8 %New Caledonia: —Solomon Islands: —New Zealand: 17.3 %Australia: 13.8 %Sri Lanka: 11.2 %China: —Taiwan: —Italy: 1.7 %Denmark: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 6.9 %Iceland: 7.8 %Azerbaijan: 14.0 %Georgia: 26.6 %Philippines: 32.9 %Malaysia: 16.7 %Brunei: —Slovenia: 8.2 %Finland: 13.4 %Slovakia: 7.5 %Czechia: 10.0 %Eritrea: —Japan: 5.8 %Paraguay: —Yemen: 73.0 %Saudi Arabia: —N. Cyprus: —Cyprus: 1.4 %Morocco: —Egypt: 30.8 %Libya: 35.1 %Ethiopia: 61.4 %Djibouti: 49.2 %Somaliland: —Uganda: 54.6 %Rwanda: —Bosnia and Herzegovina: 9.9 %North Macedonia: 15.2 %Serbia: 9.5 %Montenegro: 10.4 %Kosovo: —Trinidad and Tobago: 27.6 %South Sudan: 88.1 %
  • 1.1 % – 6.9 %
  • 6.9 % – 11.2 %
  • 11.2 % – 22.5 %
  • 22.5 % – 36.3 %
  • 36.3 % – 57.7 %
  • 57.7 % – 89.8 %
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Position in the world ranking by year, up to 5 countries. Rank 1 is at the top.

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Rank by year for Belarus, Cyprus, Italy, 2000–2024.