• Food insecurity prevalence by severity in Ecuador 2020

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The share of population who experience severe food insecurity in Ecuador was estimated at 11.6 percent between 2018 and 2020. The prevalence of both these classifications of food insecurity increased in both of these three-year periods. The source defines a person as food insecure when they lack regular access to enough safe and nutritious food that promote an active and healthy life.

Prevalence of food insecurity in Ecuador between 2014 and 2020, by degree of severity

Characteristic	2014-2016	2018-2020
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Release date

July 2021

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Region

Ecuador

Survey time period

Between 2014 and 2020

Special properties

Average three-year estimates

Supplementary notes

Figures were based on official national data.

According to FAO: "A person is food insecure when they lack regular access to enough safe and nutritious food for normal growth and development and an active and healthy life. This may be due to unavailability of food and/or lack of resources to obtain food. Food insecurity can be experienced at different levels of severity. (...) When someone is severely food insecure, they have run out of food and gone a day or more without eating. In other words, they have most likely experienced hunger. (...) For those who are moderately food insecure, access to food is uncertain. They might have to sacrifice other basic needs, just to be able to eat. When they do eat, it might be whatever is most readily available or cheapest, which might not be the most nutritious food."