What is the difference in number of people who are severely food insecure between Benin and Dominican Republic?

100,000 people, with Benin ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Dominican Republic?

9 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2023.

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 severely food insecure. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Benin vs Dominican Republic: Number of people who are severely food insecure

Benin

2.10 million people

in 2023

Dominican Republic

2.00 million people

in 2023

Benin rank

36th

Dominican Republic rank

39th

Number of people who are severely food insecure over time

Benin
Dominican Republic

How they compare

Benin currently reports 2.10 million people against 2.00 million people in Dominican Republic, a difference of 100,000 people.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Dominican Republic's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 2015 it was Dominican Republic ahead.

Benin ranks 36th and Dominican Republic ranks 39th of 118 countries.

Dominican Republic has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Benin	Dominican Republic	Difference	Ahead
2010s	1.62 million people	2.48 million people	860,000 people	Dominican Republic
2020s	2.08 million people	2.23 million people	150,000 people	Dominican Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of people who are severely food insecure, Benin or Dominican Republic?: Benin, at 2.10 million people against 2.00 million people in Dominican Republic as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of people who are severely food insecure between Benin and Dominican Republic?: 100,000 people, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Dominican Republic?: 9 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2023.
How do Benin and Dominican Republic rank globally for number of people who are severely food insecure?: Benin ranks 36th and Dominican Republic ranks 39th of 118 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 severely food insecure. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of people who are severely food insecure
Unit: people
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 118 places, 973 data points, 2015–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Severe food insecurity is defined by the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES). It is strongly related to insufficient quantity of food (energy).