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Global Food Security

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A scoring of food security (0-100, with 100 being the most secure) constructed from 34 indicators to assess which countries are most and least vulnerable to food insecurity through the categories of affordability, availability, quality & safety, as well as the impact of natural resources and resilience have on food security.

Global Food Security Index

A map shows global food security scores. Highest score areas (dark blue): The U.S., Canada, China and Australia. Lowest scores (red), prevalent in many African countries (Niger, Sudan, Angola), and Venezuela.

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Global Food Security

Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) Members

Climate Zones

Class

Rank

Score

Value

Tropical rain forest (Af)

Tropical monsoon (Am)

Tropical savanna (Aw)

Tropical, subtropical hot desert (BWh)

Midlatitude cold desert (BWk)

Tropical, subtropical hot steppe (BSh)

Midlatitude cold steppe (BSk)

Humid subtropical moist all year, hot summer (Cfa)

Humid subtropical winter-dry, hot to warm summers (Cwa, Cwb)

Marine West Coast (Cfb, Cfc)

Mediterranean (Csa, Csb)

Humid continental, hot summers (Dfa, Dwa, Dsa)

Humid continental, mild summers (Dfb, Dwb, Dsb)

Subarctic, cool summer (Dfc, Dwc, Dsc)

Subarctic, cold winter (Dfd, Dwd)

Tundra (ET)

Ice cap and ice sheet (EF)

68.2%4.53%1.31%14.3%39.1%74.6%
19.8%18.1%71.5%20.1%7.58%
30.5%24.2%13.9%32.1%4.79%8.55%27.1%
1.64%18.9%13.3%14.4%9.82%6.80%5.24%2.75%
32.3%22.8%3.63%9.10%1.62%13.1%57.0%11.1%3.16%
1.22%8.22%42.0%28.3%2.78%14.3%37.0%23.8%8.79%35.9%32.2%7.44%
13.2%17.7%12.4%2.77%8.63%2.74%4.74%16.5%7.37%7.66%6.52%2.29%
56.1%5.24%3.41%98.5%1.43%7.98%18.0%94.9%
2.38%2.11%2.83%1.05%6.48%14.9%15.2%15.6%3.11%11.4%17.1%29.3%4.37%
18.7%1.92%32.0%18.4%2.44%9.66%5.85%25.3%5.06%4.17%1.97%4.40%27.6%2.37%
30.0%9.34%54.1%19.4%3.15%
76.3%3.57%5.81%15.3%3.53%4.00%8.68%5.69%8.16%
13.4%14.2%37.2%36.3%12.6%21.1%15.7%3.19%27.8%2.69%5.26%
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