• Food insecurity prevalence by severity in Latin America 2020

The share of population who experience food insecurity, both severe and moderate, in Latin America was estimated at approximately 51.1 percent in 2020, more than half of the population. Latin America is one of the main contributors that raised the global level of food insecurity. According to the source, a person is considered food insecure when they lack regular access to enough safe and nutritious food to lead an active and healthy life.

Prevalence of food insecurity in Latin America from 2014 to 2020, by degree of severity

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Release date

July 2021

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Region

LAC

Survey time period

2014 to 2020

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Estimates, global scale

Supplementary notes

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."