Honduras vs Libya: Share of the population defined as severely food insecure vs. undernourished

Honduras
15.4 percent
in 2023
Libya
17.2 percent
in 2023
Honduras rank
25th
Libya rank
23rd

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

  • Honduras
  • Libya
05101520201520192023

How they compare

Libya currently reports 17.2 percent against 15.4 percent in Honduras, a difference of 1.8 percent.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.1 times Honduras's.

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

Honduras ranks 25th and Libya ranks 23rd 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.