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Population in severe food insecurity (thousands of people)

Name: Population in severe food insecurity (thousands of people) by country, 2023
Creator: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
License: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/

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United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global DatabaseUN Terms of Use — non-commercial (SDG Global Database); redistribution deferred pending clearanceupdated 2023

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101 countries · 2023

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Population in severe food insecurity (thousands of people) league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Nigeria	55,348.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
2	Congo, Dem. Rep.	44,991.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
3	Pakistan	24,958	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
4	Ethiopia	24,460.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
5	Tanzania	16,228.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
6	Kenya	15,533.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
7	Egypt, Arab Rep.	13,765.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
8	Afghanistan	12,874	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
9	Malawi	11,745.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
10	Uganda	7,253.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
11	South Sudan	7,241.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
12	Brazil	7,141	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
13	Cameroon	6,996.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
14	Argentina	5,581.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
15	Madagascar	5,553.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
16	South Africa	5,359.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
17	Iran, Islamic Rep.	5,318.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
18	Haiti	5,289.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
19	Peru	4,907.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
20	Chad	4,879.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
21	Zimbabwe	4,098.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
22	Myanmar	3,915.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
23	Guatemala	3,858.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
24	Nepal	3,814	South Asia	Lower middle income
25	Mexico	3,767.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
26	Zambia	3,573.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
27	Philippines	3,479.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
28	United States	3,299.2	North America	High income
29	Ghana	3,182	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
30	Burundi	2,863.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
31	Sierra Leone	2,847.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
32	Cote d'Ivoire	2,629.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
33	Colombia	2,613.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
34	Algeria	2,272.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
35	United Kingdom	2,257.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
36	Viet Nam	2,254.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
37	Ecuador	2,135.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
38	Benin	2,113.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
39	Ukraine	2,068.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
40	Liberia	2,036.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
41	Dominican Republic	2,029	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
42	Malaysia	2,024.4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
43	Niger	1,982.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
44	Uzbekistan	1,861.2	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
45	France	1,777.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
46	Burkina Faso	1,686.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
47	Honduras	1,635.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
48	Romania	1,346.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
49	Japan	1,344.4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
50	Libya	1,256.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
51	Tunisia	1,168.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
52	Germany	1,007.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
53	Australia	991.4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
54	El Salvador	969.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
55	Togo	925.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
56	Namibia	888.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
57	Jamaica	788.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
58	Canada	734.7	North America	High income
59	Senegal	717	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
60	Chile	698.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
61	Spain	683.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
62	Mauritania	655.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
63	Botswana	648.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
64	Cambodia	629.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
65	Mali	618.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
66	Gambia, The	585	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
67	Thailand	584.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
68	Tajikistan	583	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
69	Lebanon	581.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
70	Lesotho	570.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
71	Korea, Rep.	551.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
72	Netherlands	488	Europe & Central Asia	High income
73	Hungary	432.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
74	Lao PDR	427.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
75	West Bank and Gaza	339.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
76	Portugal	322.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
77	Belgium	283.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
78	Eswatini	273	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
79	Sweden	268.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
80	Sri Lanka	258.3	South Asia	Upper middle income
81	Albania	236.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
82	Georgia	234.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
83	Comoros	233	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
84	New Zealand	222.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
85	Singapore	198.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
86	Czechia	196.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
87	Djibouti	190.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
88	Kuwait	164.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
89	Moldova	164	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
90	Finland	163.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
91	Mauritius	155.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
92	Greece	154.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
93	Denmark	139.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
94	Austria	136.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
95	Costa Rica	136.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
96	Bulgaria	132.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
97	Serbia	130.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
98	Azerbaijan	129.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
99	Kazakhstan	122.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
100	Ireland	110.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
101	Trinidad and Tobago	103.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income

Population in severe food insecurity (thousands of people)