Luxembourg vs Mongolia: Share of the population defined as severely food insecure vs. undernourished

Luxembourg
0.6 percent
in 2023
Mongolia
0.7 percent
in 2023
Luxembourg rank
119th
Mongolia rank
118th

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

  • Luxembourg
  • Mongolia
0.511.52201520192023

How they compare

Mongolia currently reports 0.7 percent against 0.6 percent in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.1 percent.

That makes Mongolia's figure about 1.2 times Luxembourg's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2019 it was Luxembourg ahead.

Luxembourg ranks 119th and Mongolia ranks 118th of 125 regions.

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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.