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Number of severely food insecure people (3-year avg)

million · lower is better · 115 countries

FAO, FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0updated 2025
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  1. 1Bulgaria0.1
  2. 1Costa Rica0.1
  3. 1Denmark0.1
  4. 1Trinidad and Tobago0.1
  5. 1Switzerland0.1
  6. 2Czechia0.2
  7. 2Austria0.2
  8. 2Azerbaijan0.2
  9. 2Ireland0.2
  10. 2Finland0.2
  11. 2Singapore0.2
  12. 2Portugal0.2
  13. 2Georgia0.2
  14. 2Albania0.2
  15. 2Kuwait0.2
  16. 2Greece0.2
  17. 2Mauritius0.2
  18. 2Moldova0.2
  19. 3Eswatini0.3
  20. 3Sri Lanka0.3
  21. 3New Zealand0.3
  22. 3Sweden0.3
  23. 4Thailand0.4
  24. 4Belgium0.4
  25. 4Lao PDR0.4
  26. 5Tajikistan0.5
  27. 5Botswana0.5
  28. 5Paraguay0.5
  29. 5Gambia, The0.5
  30. 5Hungary0.5
  31. 5Cambodia0.5
  32. 6Senegal0.6
  33. 6Korea, Rep.0.6
  34. 6Mauritania0.6
  35. 6Lesotho0.6
  36. 6Netherlands0.6
  37. 6Mali0.6
  38. 6Bolivia0.6
  39. 6Lebanon0.6
  40. 7Canada0.7
  41. 7Chile0.7
  42. 8Togo0.8
  43. 8Jamaica0.8
  44. 8El Salvador0.8
  45. 9Germany0.9
  46. 9Tunisia0.9
  47. 9Spain0.9
  48. 9Namibia0.9
  49. 10Romania1
  50. 11Libya1.1
  51. 12Brazil1.2
  52. 12Australia1.2
  53. 13Peru1.3
  54. 14Honduras1.5
  55. 15Burkina Faso1.7
  56. 15Japan1.7
  57. 16Viet Nam1.8
  58. 16Malaysia1.8
  59. 17Benin1.9
  60. 17Dominican Republic1.9
  61. 18Niger2
  62. 18Ecuador2
  63. 18Liberia2
  64. 19Ukraine2.1
  65. 20France2.2
  66. 21Algeria2.3
  67. 22Cote d'Ivoire2.5
  68. 23Sierra Leone2.8
  69. 23United Kingdom2.8
  70. 23Colombia2.8
  71. 24Burundi2.9
  72. 25Ghana3
  73. 26Mexico3.5
  74. 27Nepal3.6
  75. 27Philippines3.6
  76. 28United States3.7
  77. 28Zambia3.7
  78. 29Guatemala4.1
  79. 30Zimbabwe4.2
  80. 31Myanmar4.3
  81. 32Iran, Islamic Rep.4.4
  82. 33Argentina5
  83. 34Chad5.1
  84. 35Haiti5.3
  85. 36South Africa5.4
  86. 36Madagascar5.4
  87. 37Angola6.1
  88. 38Uganda6.4
  89. 39Cameroon6.9
  90. 40South Sudan7.5
  91. 41Malawi12.6
  92. 42Afghanistan12.9
  93. 43Egypt, Arab Rep.13.7
  94. 44Pakistan13.8
  95. 45Kenya14.9
  96. 46Tanzania15.7
  97. 47Ethiopia22
  98. 48Congo, Dem. Rep.47.9
  99. 49Nigeria61.4

Number of severely food insecure people (3-year avg)