Eswatini vs Lesotho: Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population (%)
Eswatini
61.7%
in 2024
Lesotho
61.6%
in 2024
Eswatini rank
17th
Lesotho rank
18th
Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population (%) over time
- Eswatini
- Lesotho
How they compare
Eswatini currently reports 61.7% against 61.6% in Lesotho, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2020 it was Eswatini ahead.
Eswatini ranks 17th and Lesotho ranks 18th of 130 countries.
Eswatini has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population, Eswatini or Lesotho?
- Eswatini, at 61.7% against 61.6% in Lesotho as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population between Eswatini and Lesotho?
- 0.1%, with Eswatini ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Lesotho?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2020 to 2024.
- How do Eswatini and Lesotho rank globally for prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population?
- Eswatini ranks 17th and Lesotho ranks 18th of 130 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The percentage of people in the population who live in households classified as moderately or severely food insecure. A household is classified as moderately or severely food insecure when at least one adult in the household has reported to have been exposed, at times during the year, to low quality diets and might have been forced to also reduce the quantity of food they would normally eat because of a lack of money or other resources.