El Salvador vs Mauritania: Number of people who are moderately or severely food insecure
El Salvador
2.90 million people
in 2023
Mauritania
3.30 million people
in 2023
El Salvador rank
64th
Mauritania rank
61st
Number of people who are moderately or severely food insecure over time
- El Salvador
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 3.30 million people against 2.90 million people in El Salvador, a difference of 400,000 people.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 2015 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 64th and Mauritania ranks 61st of 126 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.64 million people | 1.40 million people | 1.24 million people | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 2.92 million people | 2.73 million people | 200,000 people | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people who are moderately or severely food insecure, El Salvador or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 3.30 million people against 2.90 million people in El Salvador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of people who are moderately or severely food insecure between El Salvador and Mauritania?
- 400,000 people, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Mauritania?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Mauritania rank globally for number of people who are moderately or severely food insecure?
- El Salvador ranks 64th and Mauritania ranks 61st of 126 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of people who are moderately or severely food insecure. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Food insecurity is defined by the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES). Moderate food insecurity is associated with the inability to regularly eat healthy, nutritious diets. Severe food insecurity is related to insufficient quantity of food.