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

13 countries in North America, 2024. Unit: % of population. World ranking →

First in the ranking
10.5 %
Canada
Median country
27.6 %
half above, half below
World
26.8 %
FAO aggregate
Range
10.5 to 83.5
Canada - Haiti

How to read it

Across 13 countries in North America, the highest value is in Haiti (83.5 %) and the lowest in Canada (10.5 %).

The median country is at 27.6 %: 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
1Canada10.5
2United States10.7
3Belize12.8
4Costa Rica13.9
5Grenada16.5
6Mexico16.5
7Trinidad and Tobago27.6
8Honduras39.3
9Dominican Republic41.3
10El Salvador41.7
11Guatemala49.0
12Jamaica55.8
13Haiti83.5
FAO · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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