Latin America: food insecurity prevalence 2022

Number of people who suffer from moderate or severe food insecurity in Latin America in 2022

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Release date

July 2023

Region

LAC

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

According to FAO, "the prevalence of undernourishment (PoU) is an estimate of the proportion of the population whose habitual food consumption is insufficient to provide the dietary energy levels that are required to maintain a normal active and healthy life".
Estimates include Caribbean countries whose combined populations represent around 65 percent of the population of the subregion. The countries included in the 2021 estimate for the Caribbean subregion are: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago.

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