# Food insecurity by country: data and definition

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Page last materially revised: 2026-11-02
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Indicator field guide / SN.ITK.MSFI.ZS

# Food insecurity

The percentage of people in the population who live in households classified as moderately or severely food insecure. A household is classified as moderately or severely food insecure when at least one adult in the household has reported to have been exposed, at times during the year, to low quality diets and might have been forced to also reduce the quantity of food they would normally eat because of a lack of money or other resources.

Unit: % of population. [Original provider definition and metadata ↗](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SN.ITK.MSFI.ZS)

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## Covered economies, 2023

| Economy | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Afghanistan | 80.8% |
| Albania | 33.0% |
| Algeria | 17.6% |
| Angola | 76.6% |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 13.5% |
| Argentina | 33.8% |
| Armenia | 7.8% |
| Australia | 13.8% |
| Austria | 4.7% |
| Azerbaijan | 14.0% |
| Bangladesh | 26.0% |
| Belarus | 1.1% |
| Belgium | 8.1% |
| Belize | 16.5% |
| Benin | 65.6% |
| Bolivia | 25.7% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.9% |
| Botswana | 52.8% |
| Brazil | 13.3% |
| Bulgaria | 11.6% |
| Burkina Faso | 41.4% |
| Burundi | 70.8% |
| Cabo Verde | 32.1% |
| Cambodia | 40.0% |
| Cameroon | 61.2% |
| Canada | 10.2% |
| Chad | 66.3% |
| Chile | 18.1% |
| Colombia | 28.9% |
| Comoros | 79.7% |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 81.5% |
| Costa Rica | 15.4% |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 38.4% |
| Croatia | 6.0% |
| Cyprus | 1.4% |
| Czechia | 10.0% |
| Denmark | 6.9% |
| Dominican Republic | 43.8% |
| Ecuador | 33.3% |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 30.8% |
| El Salvador | 45.5% |
| Estonia | 10.8% |
| Eswatini | 59.0% |
| Ethiopia | 61.4% |
| Finland | 13.4% |
| France | 8.4% |
| Gambia, The | 54.8% |
| Georgia | 26.6% |
| Germany | 4.1% |
| Ghana | 44.5% |
| Greece | 6.7% |
| Grenada | 17.3% |
| Guatemala | 48.8% |
| Guyana | 25.5% |
| Haiti | 83.4% |
| Honduras | 41.3% |
| Hungary | 15.6% |
| Iceland | 7.8% |
| Indonesia | 4.5% |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 38.8% |
| Ireland | 4.8% |
| Israel | 9.2% |
| Italy | 1.7% |
| Jamaica | 56.4% |
| Japan | 5.8% |
| Kazakhstan | 1.7% |
| Kenya | 73.9% |
| Kiribati | 42.9% |
| Korea, Rep. | 5.4% |
| Kuwait | 8.4% |
| Lao PDR | 35.6% |
| Latvia | 11.2% |
| Lebanon | 42.4% |
| Lesotho | 59.9% |
| Liberia | 80.8% |
| Libya | 35.1% |
| Lithuania | 6.5% |
| Luxembourg | 2.6% |
| Madagascar | 60.1% |
| Malawi | 81.7% |
| Malaysia | 16.7% |
| Mali | 20.6% |
| Malta | 9.2% |
| Mauritania | 66.3% |
| Mauritius | 31.1% |
| Mexico | 17.9% |
| Moldova | 25.1% |
| Mongolia | 4.7% |
| Montenegro | 10.4% |
| Myanmar | 32.7% |
| Namibia | 55.9% |
| Nepal | 36.6% |
| Netherlands | 7.5% |
| New Zealand | 17.3% |
| Niger | 50.9% |
| Nigeria | 74.8% |
| North Macedonia | 15.2% |
| Norway | 7.8% |
| Pakistan | 22.6% |
| Palau | 28.1% |
| Peru | 35.9% |
| Philippines | 32.9% |
| Poland | 3.4% |
| Portugal | 11.9% |
| Romania | 18.6% |
| Russian Federation | 3.0% |
| Samoa | 18.6% |
| Senegal | 29.1% |
| Serbia | 9.5% |
| Sierra Leone | 89.8% |
| Singapore | 9.5% |
| Slovak Republic | 7.5% |
| Slovenia | 8.2% |
| South Africa | 20.3% |
| Spain | 6.5% |
| Sri Lanka | 11.2% |
| Sweden | 6.9% |
| Switzerland | 2.0% |
| Tajikistan | 25.1% |
| Tanzania | 58.0% |
| Thailand | 5.4% |
| Togo | 58.5% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 27.6% |
| Tunisia | 25.4% |
| Uganda | 54.6% |
| Ukraine | 32.5% |
| United Arab Emirates | 3.6% |
| United Kingdom | 6.9% |
| United States | 10.4% |
| Uruguay | 16.2% |
| Viet Nam | 10.7% |
| Zambia | 45.3% |
| Zimbabwe | 68.8% |

Snapshot retrieval: 2026-11-01. Coverage is limited to the atlas comparison set. [Download and limitations](https://www.pluraterra.com/data/).