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Number of severely food insecure people
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1
Nigeria
55.3M
2
Congo, Dem. Rep.
45M
3
Pakistan
25M
4
Ethiopia
24.5M
5
Tanzania
16.2M
6
Kenya
15.5M
7
Egypt, Arab Rep.
13.8M
8
Afghanistan
12.9M
9
Malawi
11.7M
10
Uganda
7.3M
11
South Sudan
7.2M
12
Brazil
7.1M
13
Cameroon
7M
14
Madagascar
5.6M
15
Argentina
5.6M
16
South Africa
5.4M
17
Haiti
5.3M
18
Iran, Islamic Rep.
5.3M
19
Peru
4.9M
20
Chad
4.9M
21
Zimbabwe
4.1M
22
Guatemala
3.9M
23
Myanmar
3.9M
24
Nepal
3.8M
25
Mexico
3.8M
26
Zambia
3.6M
27
Philippines
3.5M
28
United States
3.3M
29
Ghana
3.2M
30
Burundi
2.9M
31
Sierra Leone
2.8M
32
Cote d'Ivoire
2.6M
33
Colombia
2.6M
34
United Kingdom
2.3M
35
Algeria
2.3M
36
Viet Nam
2.3M
37
Ecuador
2.1M
38
Ukraine
2.1M
39
Benin
2.1M
40
Dominican Republic
2M
41
Niger
2M
42
Malaysia
2M
43
Liberia
2M
44
Uzbekistan
1.9M
45
France
1.8M
46
Burkina Faso
1.7M
47
Honduras
1.6M
48
Romania
1.3M
49
Japan
1.3M
50
Libya
1.3M
51
Tunisia
1.2M
52
Germany
1M
53
El Salvador
1M
54
Australia
1M
55
Namibia
900,000
56
Togo
900,000
57
Jamaica
800,000
58
Senegal
700,000
59
Chile
700,000
60
Canada
700,000
61
Spain
700,000
62
Mauritania
700,000
63
Tajikistan
600,000
64
Gambia, The
600,000
65
Mali
600,000
66
Thailand
600,000
67
Cambodia
600,000
68
Korea, Rep.
600,000
69
Lebanon
600,000
70
Lesotho
600,000
71
Botswana
600,000
72
Netherlands
500,000
73
Hungary
400,000
74
Lao PDR
400,000
75
Eswatini
300,000
76
Portugal
300,000
77
Sweden
300,000
78
Belgium
300,000
79
Sri Lanka
300,000
80
West Bank and Gaza
300,000
81
New Zealand
200,000
82
Comoros
200,000
83
Finland
200,000
84
Albania
200,000
85
Singapore
200,000
86
Kuwait
200,000
87
Greece
200,000
88
Mauritius
200,000
89
Czechia
200,000
90
Georgia
200,000
91
Djibouti
200,000
92
Moldova
200,000
93
Samoa
100,000
94
Estonia
100,000
95
Trinidad and Tobago
100,000
96
Grenada
100,000
97
Guyana
100,000
98
Croatia
100,000
99
Denmark
100,000
100
Ireland
100,000
101
Iceland
100,000
102
Israel
100,000
103
Uruguay
100,000
104
Kazakhstan
100,000
105
Costa Rica
100,000
106
Cabo Verde
100,000
107
Kiribati
100,000
108
Slovenia
100,000
109
Switzerland
100,000
110
Slovak Republic
100,000
111
Lithuania
100,000
112
Luxembourg
100,000
113
Latvia
100,000
114
North Macedonia
100,000
115
Bosnia and Herzegovina
100,000
116
Malta
100,000
117
Bulgaria
100,000
118
Serbia
100,000
119
Montenegro
100,000
120
Mongolia
100,000
121
Azerbaijan
100,000
122
Austria
100,000
123
Norway
100,000
124
Antigua and Barbuda
100,000
125
United Arab Emirates
100,000
126
Palau
100,000
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