Food Security Assessment, 2010-20
By: Shahla Shapouri, Stacey Rosen, May Peters, Felix Baquedano, and Summer Allen
Source: United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
Food security in 70 developing countries is estimated to have improved between 2009 and 2010, in part due to economic recovery in many of these countries. The number of food-insecure people in the developing countries analyzed by ERS researchers is estimated to decrease about 7.5 percent from 2009 to 882 million in 2010. The number of food-insecure people at the aggregate level will not improve much over the next decade, declining by only 1 percent. While there will be notable improvements in Asia and Latin America, the situation in Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to deteriorate after 2010. Food-insecure people are defined as those consuming less than the nutritional target of 2,100 calories per day per person.
Supporting data (Excel spreadsheets):
- North Africa—Country Statistical Tables for North Africa, 958 Kb.
- Sub-Saharan Africa—Country Statistical Tables for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), 5,285 Kb.
- Asia—Country Statistical Tables for Asia, 3,245 Kb.
- Latin America and the Caribbean—Country Statistical Tables for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), 2,643 Kb.
- Commonwealth of Independent States—Country Statistical Tables for Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), 2,074 Kb.