The Global Food Security Index consists of a set of indices from 113 countries. It measures food security across most of the countries of the world. It was first published in 2012, and is managed and updated annually by The Economist's intelligence unit.
Global food production Food security differs around the world, with some regions being much more prone to food insecurity due to both lack of fertile land, as well as capital that could procure sufficient food through the purchasing of imports. This demand for food is steadily growing, especially in developing countries, with studies showing it is likely to grow between 70% and 100% over the four decades from 2009. Much research is underway to increase the productivity of crops, and therefore cultivate a greater volume of food. But, unless that research extends to countries characterized by poor, high-density populations, Global Food Security Index scores are likely to decrease in the coming years. Some journals, such as Science, suggest that it is imported that play the biggest role in producing these index scores, as in developing countries, a much greater percentage of the working force is dedicated to agriculture, yet they remain the countries with the lowest Global Food Security Index Scores. This is further illustrated by the fact that the United States and Singapore consistently have the two highest Global Food Security Index scores, even though the portion of their respective economies dealing with agriculture is comparatively negligible.
Criteria The following parameters are considered for ranking countries in relation to food security: Nutritional standards Urban absorption capacity Food consumption as a share of household expenditure Food loss Protein quality Agricultural import tariffs Diet diversification Agricultural infrastructure Volatility of agricultural production Proportion of population under the global poverty line Gross domestic product per capita (US$ PPP) Presence of food safety net programs Access to financing for farmers Public expenditure on agricultural R&D Corruption Political stability risk Sufficiency of supply Food safety
2022 Source: Rank Country Overall score Affordability Availability Quality and Safety Sustainability and Adaptation1st 83.7 91.9 70.5 88.4 82.62nd 81.7 92.6 70.5 86.1 75.13rd 80.5 87.2 60.4 86.8 87.44th 80.2 91.3 69.0 87.7 70.35th 80.1 92.7 70.7 84.7 69.26th 79.5 89.8 81.2 77.4 66.1=7th 79.1 91.9 68.3 85.0 68.3=7th 79.1 88.3 75.7 89.5 60.19th 78.8 91.5 71.6 77.6 71.110th 78.7 90.0 77.0 79.8 64.511th 78.2 89.2 76.8 73.5 69.512th 78.1 91.3 67.1 81.2 69.713th 78.0 87.1 65.1 88.8 69.4=14th 77.8 92.1 63.2 89.1 63.8=14th 77.8 91.6 67.7 73.1 75.116th 77.7 91.3 69.4 76.3 70.317th 77.5 92.6 64.6 88.4 61.018th 77.4 83.0 73.0 79.2 73.319th 77.0 87.9 67.0 79.9 70.820th 75.7 89.0 63.1 81.2 66.421st 75.5 87.4 63.8 81.5 66.722nd 75.4 93.3 61.1 84.0 58.823rd 75.2 86.7 73.8 81.3 55.224th 74.8 88.6 67.2 87.4 52.2=25th 74.2 82.4 68.8 77.0 66.6=25th 74.2 86.4 79.2 72.0 54.527th 74.0 89.5 68.7 75.9 57.328th 73.1 93.2 77.8 69.7 44.329th 73.0 85.8 66.5 79.5 56.630th 72.4 88.6 72.9 71.7 51.031st 72.2 88.5 58.3 80.8 57.332nd 72.1 78.0 67.2 76.3 65.433rd 71.8 80.0 65.6 73.8 65.834th 71.4 86.7 63.3 74.4 57.035th 71.2 88.6 64.3 73.2 53.636th 71.1 89.1 55.3 77.9 57.637th 70.8 79.7 58.6 75.2 68.138th 70.3 91.3 60.1 76.3 47.339th 70.2 76.8 71.5 71.5 58.540th 70.0 84.4 63.3 69.7 58.3=41st 69.9 83.2 67.2 71.6 53.7=41st 69.9 87.0 59.5 74.7 53.7=43rd 69.1 77.8 61.4 78.7 56.6=43rd 69.1 76.0 60.0 78.9 60.245th 68.8 85.1 60.6 77.9 47.146th 67.9 84.0 60.7 70.2 52.247th 66.2 85.3 59.8 55.4 58.948th 65.6 70.8 59.3 69.4 62.049th 65.3 58.4 65.3 78.5 61.250th 65.2 80.0 62.9 67.8 45.551st 65.1 63.0 58.6 83.9 56.3=52nd 65.0 73.4 65.0 65.3 53.5=52nd 65.0 71.6 61.6 71.7 53.254th 64.8 62.0 63.4 85.5 49.455th 64.5 67.8 61.9 69.0 58.556th 64.2 72.5 71.2 71.5 38.157th 63.0 74.6 42.9 73.1 60.058th 62.8 65.2 56.7 61.3 67.959th 61.7 63.4 60.1 66.1 56.960th 61.5 59.8 61.9 64.9 60.061st 61.4 81.5 49.3 72.6 37.062nd 60.3 74.5 54.1 58.8 49.763rd 60.2 81.4 50.9 56.2 46.3=64th 60.1 83.7 52.9 45.3 51.6=64th 60.1 64.6 54.6 63.3 56.966th 59.8 78.1 56.2 54.5 44.667th 59.3 71.5 55.2 65.3 41.8=68th 58.9 66.8 57.3 54.7 54.2=68th 58.9 59.3 62.3 62.1 51.270th 58.6 74.3 47.0 76.3 32.871st 57.9 66.6 48.1 71.3 43.572nd 57.6 62.1 53.5 64.4 49.073rd 57.5 52.7 56.4 64.6 57.974th 56.9 52.7 70.9 57.8 46.275th 56.7 59.8 56.3 56.5 53.176th 56.6 64.4 50.2 57.5 52.777th 56.0 65.2 54.2 45.9 55.878th 55.7 74.3 54.5 54.0 33.979th 55.2 61.0 57.2 55.0 45.380th 54.0 52.1 61.5 58.4 43.981st 53.1 59.7 51.8 51.7 47.082nd 53.0 41.7 52.5 68.8 52.683rd 52.6 59.9 52.4 50.5 45.184th 52.2 59.9 58.3 49.4 37.785th 51.9 53.4 48.7 56.8 48.886th 51.2 57.9 47.8 53.9 43.587th 51.1 69.0 40.5 57.3 32.988th 50.6 48.4 51.8 50.3 52.789th 49.6 49.5 49.8 52.8 46.490th 49.1 45.8 58.7 50.2 41.7=91st 48.1 50.5 53.6 48.1 38.9=91st 48.1 33.6 52.9 52.0 58.293rd 47.7 48.3 41.0 45.1 57.094th 47.3 42.6 49.4 41.8 56.595th 46.5 54.2 42.1 44.1 43.296th 46.4 50.4 31.9 56.5 47.097th 46.3 42.8 41.7 47.0 55.598th 46.2 45.7 51.0 42.3 45.499th 45.1 37.0 49.0 39.8 56.9100th 44.5 32.9 44.7 59.3 44.9101st 43.7 35.5 43.5 43.9 54.6102nd 43.5 26.8 46.7 54.2 51.6103rd 43.2 50.1 40.0 44.7 35.9104th 43.0 46.9 40.6 43.5 40.1105th 42.8 35.2 48.2 53.9 35.7106th 42.6 41.8 36.7 51.5 41.4107th 42.0 25.0 39.5 55.6 53.7=108th 40.6 32.5 41.4 52.4 38.6=108th 40.6 39.5 43.0 34.9 44.9110th 40.5 36.6 35.5 41.8 49.8111th 40.1 46.4 26.9 48.7 37.8112th 38.5 32.8 49.6 37.9 34.2113th 36.3 32.0 26.6 50.8 38.4
2019 NoCountryOverall ScoreAffordabilityAvailabilityQuality & Safety1stSingapore87.495.483.079.42ndIreland84.090.576.887.73rdUnited States83.787.478.389.14thSwitzerland83.183.884.378.2=5thFinland82.984.178.691.8=5thNorway82.981.981.090.57thSweden82.785.078.189.48thCanada82.483.380.086.79thAustralia82.085.676.288.910thAustria81.785.478.681.111thGermany81.584.979.179.812thNetherlands81.486.677.179.913thQatar81.298.964.084.114thDenmark81.085.474.887.215thBelgium80.784.476.283.916thFrance80.483.874.887.117thUnited Kingdom79.183.674.480.918thIsrael79.083.073.683.819thNew Zealand78.884.675.573.520thPortugal77.881.370.988.0=21stJapan76.582.471.076.7=21stUnited Arab Emirates76.589.863.778.523rdItaly75.882.568.379.724thPoland75.681.169.379.5=25thChile75.580.571.374.7=25thSpain75.582.365.984.727thKuwait74.888.162.375.928thMalaysia73.881.767.770.629thSouth Korea73.675.871.274.930thSaudi Arabia73.586.361.873.531stGreece73.477.864.986.032ndCzech Republic73.182.666.368.133rdUruguay72.879.366.773.334thHungary72.780.866.170.535thChina71.074.866.972.636thBelarus70.976.062.980.237thArgentina70.878.960.279.538thRomania70.279.364.364.1=39thBrazil70.177.058.884.0=39thCosta Rica70.175.663.175.641stTurkey69.874.764.871.142ndRussia69.779.860.170.9=43rdColombia69.473.765.669.3=43rdMexico69.474.962.375.245thPanama68.873.863.171.846thOman68.477.857.674.447thSlovakia68.378.662.159.4=48thKazakhstan67.377.557.768.3=48thSouth Africa67.370.864.566.250thBahrain66.681.956.356.951stBulgaria66.279.054.266.852ndThailand65.177.158.752.653rdAzerbaijan64.875.359.254.054thVietnam64.675.159.751.755thEgypt64.557.670.265.956thDominican Republic64.268.461.062.357thBotswana63.869.561.356.658thPeru63.369.159.060.4=59thGhana62.866.361.757.1=59thMorocco62.861.564.261.9=59thSerbia62.873.953.061.862ndIndonesia62.670.461.347.163rdEcuador61.869.456.158.4=64thJordan61.070.554.854.2=64thPhilippines61.068.957.750.366thSri Lanka60.865.060.052.467thEl Salvador60.763.858.658.968thGuatemala60.665.357.657.569thTunisia60.161.558.062.270thAlgeria59.866.955.853.071stUzbekistan59.065.655.153.472ndIndia58.964.258.447.073rdHonduras58.057.257.860.674thParaguay57.972.042.465.475thBolivia57.765.850.058.376thUkraine57.163.950.059.677thMyanmar57.059.157.251.378thPakistan56.863.255.743.679thNepal56.458.555.453.780thMali54.445.960.159.981stSenegal54.351.656.156.182ndNicaragua54.263.547.948.283rdBangladesh53.260.454.830.684thCôte d'Ivoire52.353.558.133.185thBenin51.048.654.946.486thKenya50.756.748.043.287thBurkina Faso50.147.055.941.688thCameroon49.953.747.647.089thNiger49.650.253.637.490thCambodia49.456.748.134.691stEthiopia49.249.752.639.092ndLaos49.155.547.637.493rdTajikistan49.058.841.146.694thNigeria48.450.445.850.795thRwanda48.243.852.048.596thTanzania47.645.150.445.997thGuinea46.747.452.429.098thUganda46.245.845.549.199thSudan45.747.144.446.0100thAngola45.551.340.544.9101stZambia44.441.850.733.6102ndTogo44.045.647.231.0103rdHaiti43.350.339.635.9104thMalawi42.539.448.633.1105thMozambique41.442.547.920.6106thSierra Leone39.040.840.330.6107thSyria38.434.638.946.4108thMadagascar37.935.745.722.1109thChad36.940.334.933.5110thCongo (Dem. Rep.)35.737.340.019.8111thYemen35.645.528.630.2112thBurundi34.336.632.234.5113thVenezuela31.215.832.266.9
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