Eswatini vs Upper middle income: Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population (%)
Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population (%) over time
- Eswatini
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Eswatini currently reports 61.7% against 12.6% in Upper middle income, a difference of 49.1%.
That makes Eswatini's figure about 4.9 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Eswatini has been ahead every year.
Eswatini ranks 17th and Upper middle income 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 Upper middle income?
- Eswatini, at 61.7% against 12.6% in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population between Eswatini and Upper middle income?
- 49.1%, with Eswatini ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Upper middle income?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2020 to 2024.
- How do Eswatini and Upper middle income rank globally for prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population?
- Eswatini ranks 17th and Upper middle income 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.
Individual pages
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.