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The Global Food Security Index 2019Exploring challenges, developing solutions
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WHAT IS THE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY INDEX? The Global Food Security Index is a comprehensive assessment of the state of global food security. The Index looks
beyond measuring hunger alone to the underlying factors driving food insecurity across three internationally established dimensions:
WHY IS THE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY INDEX IMPORTANT?The Global Food Security Index finds that almost every country has a large enough food
supply to meet its population’s needs…
An additional layer, the Natural Resources and Resilience rankings, shows how climate-related and natural resource risks can pose a threat global food security.
How resilient is the food system in the face of climate and natural resource risks?
NATURAL RESOURCES AND RESILIENCE
AFFORDABILITY QUALITY AND SAFETY
Do people have su�icient economic access to food?
Are people’s nutritional and dietary needs being met to ensure an active and healthy life?
AVAILABILITY
Do people have su�icient physical access to food?
Availability of food alone is not enough to solve global hunger. By highlighting the strengths and challenges of food systems across the world, the GFSI is an invaluable tool in guiding decisions to transform the way we feed the world.
of countries in the index,
or more of the population is undernourished.
10%more thana third
yet inof countries in the indexreport that there is enough available food supply in the country
88%
Deforestation
Urbanisation
Flooding
WHAT ARE THE MAJOR CHALLENGES IN ENSURING FOOD SECURITY?Food security is a complex, multi-dimensional issue. In order to assure food security now
and in the future, countries need to…
WHAT ARE THE MAJOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND RESILIENCE RISKS FOR FOOD SECURITY?
Food systems are highly susceptible to the impacts of climate change and natural resource risks. These risks include:
In nearly one-quarter of countries, more than 20% of people fall below the global poverty line for lower-middle income countries.
Nearly 30% of countries have limited or no access to agricultural financing programmes.
Agricultural infrastructure for producing and transporting food lags behind in landlocked, low income and Sub-Saharan countries.
There are gaps in global availability of essential vitamins and minerals.
…ensure that food is a�ordable….
…su�iciently available for their population…
…and meeting their dietary needs.
Only half of countries have recently updated national guidelines for a healthy diet with a visual guide.
25%of countries
have insu�icientavailability less than
9mgperson/day
31%of countries
have insu�icientVITAMIN A availability
less than 600mcgRAE/person/day
USA
Venezuela
Ireland
Burundi
Yemen
Singapore
Countries with the highest score
Countries with the lowest score
The Economist Intelligence Unit 2019
For more information, please visit: https://foodsecurityindex.eiu.com.
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Countries with the highest risk
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