What We’re Showing
This graphic compares the scale and proportions of food insecurity globally. Data was sourced from the UN FAO (accessed July 2024).
What is Food Insecurity?
A person is food insecure when they lack regular access to enough safe and nutritious food for normal growth and development and an active and healthy life.
Key Takeaways
- In Africa, 58% of the population was moderately or severely food insecure in 2023.
- While the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in Asia is about half that of Africa, Asia has a larger number of food-insecure people: 1.18 billion compared to Africa's 847 million.
- In 2023, half of the world's 2.33 billion food-insecure people lived in Asia, over one-third in Africa, about 8% (188 million) in Latin America and the Caribbean, and about 4% (98 million) in Northern America and Europe.
