Peru vs Zimbabwe: Number of people severely food insecure

Peru
4.90 million
in 2023
Zimbabwe
4.10 million
in 2023
Peru rank
19th
Zimbabwe rank
21st

Number of people severely food insecure over time

  • Peru
  • Zimbabwe
02.0M4.0M6.0M201520192023

How they compare

Peru currently reports 4.90 million against 4.10 million in Zimbabwe, a difference of 800,000.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.2 times Zimbabwe's.

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

Peru ranks 19th and Zimbabwe ranks 21st of 118 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Peru averaged higher in 1 and Zimbabwe in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Peru Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
2010s 3.78 million 5.16 million 1.38 million Zimbabwe
2020s 4.88 million 4.42 million 450,000 Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of people severely food insecure, Peru or Zimbabwe?
Peru, at 4.90 million against 4.10 million in Zimbabwe as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of people severely food insecure between Peru and Zimbabwe?
800,000, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Zimbabwe?
9 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2023.
How do Peru and Zimbabwe rank globally for number of people severely food insecure?
Peru ranks 19th and Zimbabwe ranks 21st of 118 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Number of people severely food insecure. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Peru vs Zimbabwe: Number of people severely food insecure. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 22 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-people-severely-food-insecure/peru/zimbabwe/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-people-severely-food-insecure/peru/zimbabwe/">Peru vs Zimbabwe: Number of people severely food insecure</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Number of people severely food insecure
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
118 places, 973 data points, 2015–2023
Last refreshed