Number of people severely food insecure in Greece

Greece: Number of people severely food insecure was 200,000 in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
200,000
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
81st
of 118 countries
All-time high
300,000
in 2015
All-time low
200,000
in 2019
Years of data
9
2015–2023

Number of people severely food insecure in Greece, 2015–2023

0100.0k200.0k300.0k2015201920232015: 300.0k2016: 300.0k2017: 300.0k2018: 300.0k2019: 200.0k2020: 200.0k2021: 200.0k2022: 200.0k2023: 200.0k

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2023, number of people severely food insecure in Greece stood at 200,000. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.

That represents a change of down 33.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of people severely food insecure in Greece peaked at 300,000 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 200,000, in 2019.

Greece ranks 81st of 118 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 280,000 200,000 300,000 5
2020s 200,000 200,000 200,000 4

Countries ranked near Greece

  1. 81 Albania 200,000 compare
  2. 81 Czechia 200,000 compare
  3. 81 Finland 200,000 compare
  4. 81 Georgia 200,000 compare
  5. 81 Guinea-Bissau 200,000 compare
  6. 81 Kuwait 200,000 compare
  7. 81 Mauritius 200,000 compare
  8. 81 Moldova 200,000 compare
  9. 81 New Zealand 200,000 compare
  10. 81 Singapore 200,000 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of people severely food insecure in Greece?
Number of people severely food insecure in Greece was 200,000 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest number of people severely food insecure recorded in Greece?
The highest recorded value was 300,000 in 2015.
What is the lowest number of people severely food insecure recorded in Greece?
The lowest recorded value was 200,000 in 2019.
How does Greece rank for number of people severely food insecure?
Greece ranks 81st out of 118 countries with data for 2023.
Is number of people severely food insecure rising or falling in Greece?
Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Greece data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Number of people severely food insecure. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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