Food Security Measurements and Indicators

Food Insecurity Levels in Latin America & the Caribbean (LAC)

▪ In 2019 in LAC, the prevalence of

Number of undernourished (millions)

undernourishment was 7.4 % , below the world prevalence of 8.9 %. ▪ Approx. 48 M undernourished people in LAC, of which 7.2 M are from the Caribbean. ▪ LAC region has seen a rise in the number of undernourished people increasing by 9 M between 2015 and 2019.

2005 2010 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 * 48.6 39.6 38.8 42.4 43.5 46.6

2030 ** 66.9

LAC

47.7

Caribbean

8.4 7.2 7.4 7.3 7.1 7.3

6.6

7.2

Latin America

40.1 32.4 31.4 35.1 36.3 39.3 40.5

60.3

Central America

11.8 12.4 13.4 14.7 14.4 14.7 16.6

24.5

South America

28.4 20.0 18.0 20.4 21.9 24.6 24.0 35.7

Source: FAO , IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO. 2020. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020 . Transforming food systems for affordable healthy diets . Rome, FAO. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca9692en

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