The path to food security begins by exploring the challenges, then developing solutions.
The 2016 Global Food Security Index provides a worldwide perspective on which countries are the most and least vulnerable to food insecurity.
Key findings 2016
Food security gains
Food security improved in almost every region of the world, with the greatest gains in the Europe and Central & South America.
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Biggest changes
More countries have experienced overall significant score improvements than score declines when comparing the 2016 and 2015 indexes.
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The Global Food Security Index
The Global Food Security Index considers the core issues of affordability, availability, and quality across a set of 113 countries. The index is a dynamic quantitative and qualitative benchmarking model, constructed from 28 unique indicators, that measures these drivers of food security across both developing and developed countries.
This index is the first to examine food security comprehensively across the three internationally established dimensions. Moreover, the study looks beyond hunger to the underlying factors affecting food insecurity. To increase the ongoing relevance of the study, the index will employ a quarterly adjustment factor for food price fluctuations to examine the risk countries face throughout the course of the year.
Indexing three core issues in 113 countries
Affordability
Availability
Quality and Safety
