Austria vs Czechia: Share of the population defined as severely food insecure vs. undernourished

Austria
1.5 percent
in 2023
Czechia
1.8 percent
in 2023
Austria rank
99th
Czechia rank
96th

Share of the population defined as severely food insecure vs. undernourished over time

  • Austria
  • Czechia
0.511.522.5201520192023

How they compare

Czechia currently reports 1.8 percent against 1.5 percent in Austria, a difference of 0.3 percent.

That makes Czechia's figure about 1.2 times Austria's.

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

Austria ranks 99th and Czechia ranks 96th of 125 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of the population defined as severely food insecure vs. undernourished
Unit
percent
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
125 places, 1,042 data points, 2015–2023
Last refreshed

Both metrics indicate that someone does not get enough food (in terms of calories) to eat: these metrics should be strongly correlated. Severe food insecurity is measured based on food security questionnaires among households. Undernourishment is based on estimates of actual calorie intake across the population.