Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity (3-year average) in Asia

30 countries in Asia, 2024. Unit: % of population. World ranking →

First in the ranking
1.4 %
Cyprus
Median country
12.4 %
half above, half below
World
26.8 %
FAO aggregate
Range
1.4 to 77.8
Cyprus - Afghanistan

How to read it

Across 30 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Afghanistan (77.8 %) and the lowest in Cyprus (1.4 %).

The median country is at 12.4 %: half are above, half below.

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Source: FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Suite of Food Security Indicators. Accessed on 24 September 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FS Licence: CC-BY-4.0 · licence

Food insecurity over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Cyprus1.4
2Kazakhstan1.4
3United Arab Emirates4.2
4Indonesia4.2
5Thailand4.5
6Mongolia4.7
7South Korea5.8
8Japan6.1
9Armenia7.1
10Kyrgyzstan7.4
11Israel8.9
12Kuwait9.4
13Vietnam9.4
14Sri Lanka10.1
15Singapore10.1
16Azerbaijan14.6
17Malaysia15.4
18Georgia22.8
19Pakistan22.9
20Tajikistan24.0
21Bangladesh26.2
22Myanmar31.3
23Philippines32.7
24Laos34.4
25Nepal35.0
26Cambodia36.4
27Iran37.7
28Lebanon44.3
29Yemen74.4
30Afghanistan77.8
FAO · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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