Prevalence of severe food insecurity (3-year average) in Europe

34 countries in Europe, 2024. Unit: % of population. World ranking →

First in the ranking
0.6 %
Croatia
Median country
1.9 %
half above, half below
World total
9.8 %
FAO aggregate
Range
0.6 to 8.3
Croatia - Albania

How to read it

Across 34 countries in Europe, the highest value is in Albania (8.3 %) and the lowest in Croatia (0.6 %).

The median country is at 1.9 %: 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

Severe food insecurity over time

%

Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Croatia0.6
2Luxembourg0.6
3Slovenia0.6
4Serbia0.7
5Germany1.1
6Lithuania1.2
7Slovakia1.3
8Montenegro1.4
9Switzerland1.5
10Greece1.6
11North Macedonia1.6
12Austria1.7
13Bulgaria1.7
14Czechia1.7
15Bosnia and Herzegovina1.8
16Iceland1.8
17Latvia1.8
18Denmark1.9
19Spain1.9
20Estonia1.9
21Malta2.1
22Portugal2.3
23Finland2.9
24Belgium3.0
25Ireland3.1
26Sweden3.2
27France3.3
28Netherlands3.3
29United Kingdom4.0
30Hungary4.9
31Romania5.3
32Ukraine5.4
33Moldova6.0
34Albania8.3
FAO · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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