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Acute Food Insecurity by African country

2026

People in IPC/CH Phase 3 (Crisis) or worse — acute food insecurity requiring urgent action — from FEWS NET's latest current-situation estimate.

Africa, 202624 of 54 countries
107.4mtotal across the countries with a figure
Highest in 2026Sudan · 22.5mLowest in 2026Lesotho · 175kReported in 20260 of 54 countries surveyed
All 54, ranked. Pinned countries are drawn in vermilion.
06.0m12.0m18.0m24.0mSudan22.5mNigeria19.5mDemocratic Republic of the Congo17.5mEthiopia8.5mSouth Sudan8.5mSomalia5.5mKenya3.7mChad2.7mNiger2.7mUganda2.2mMali1.7mMozambique1.7mBurkina Faso1.2mCameroon1.2mMadagascar1.2mMalawi1.2mZimbabwe1.2mAngola875kBurundi875kCentral African Republic875kCote d'Ivoire625kTogo375kZambia375kLesotho175kAlgeriano dataBeninno dataBotswanano dataCabo Verdeno dataComorosno dataDjiboutino dataEgyptno dataEquatorial Guineano dataEritreano dataEswatinino dataGabonno dataGambiano dataGhanano dataGuineano dataGuinea-Bissauno dataLiberiano dataLibyano dataMauritaniano dataMauritiusno dataMoroccono dataNamibiano dataRepublic of the Congono dataRwandano dataSao Tome and Principeno dataSenegalno dataSeychellesno dataSierra Leoneno dataSouth Africano dataTanzaniano dataTunisiano data
20142026
FEWS NET · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Summed across the countries with a figure, so a region’s total is only as complete as its coverage.
Eastern Africa11 of 18 countries35.2m
Western Africa6 of 16 countries26.2m
Middle Africa5 of 9 countries23.2m
Northern Africa1 of 6 countries22.5m
Southern Africa1 of 5 countries175k
Africaall 54 countries · 24 with a 2026 figure107.4m

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
24 countries have a modelled 2026 figureThe provider estimated or projected it rather than measuring it that year. Those points are tagged Modelled in the table and drawn like any other on the map — read the tag before you quote the number.
30 countries have no usable 2026 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Comoros and 25 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2026 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Acute Food InsecurityPeople in IPC/CH Phase 3 (Crisis) or worse — acute food insecurity requiring urgent action — from FEWS NET's latest current-situation estimate.
SourceFEWS NET, with processing by Africa API
Unitpeople
Last updated1 Sep 2026
Next expected updateOct 2026
Date range2023–2026
Coverage24 of 54 countries · 0 reported, 24 modelled, 30 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 0 countries did so for 2026 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2026 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

Reuse and cite

Everything on this page is open under CC BY 4.0 — use it anywhere, including commercially, as long as Africa API and the original provider are credited. The provider’s own licence still applies to their data.

How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Acute Food Insecurity". Data adapted from FEWS NET. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/food-insecurity
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=acutely_food_insecure_phase3plus_total&year=2026&limit=100

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The measures that explain this one.
Food SecurityUndernourishmentShare of the population whose food intake is insufficient for an active, healthy life.EconomyGDPGross domestic product in current US dollars.EconomyGDP per CapitaGross domestic product divided by mid-year population, in current US dollars.

Acute Food Insecurity: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

25 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryAcute Food InsecurityPeriod
1Sudan22.5MSep 2026
2Nigeria19.5MSep 2026
3Democratic Republic of the Congo17.5MSep 2026
4Ethiopia8.5MJan 2026
5South Sudan8.5MSep 2026
6Somalia5.5MSep 2026
7Kenya3.75MSep 2026
8Chad2.75MSep 2026
9Niger2.75MSep 2026
10Uganda2.25MSep 2026
11Mali1.75MSep 2026
12Mozambique1.75MSep 2026
13Burkina Faso1.25MSep 2026
14Cameroon1.25MSep 2026
15Madagascar1.25MSep 2026
16Malawi1.25MSep 2026
17Zimbabwe1.25MSep 2026
18Angola875KSep 2026
19Burundi875KSep 2026
20Central African Republic875KSep 2026
21Cote d'Ivoire625KSep 2026
22Togo375KSep 2026
23Zambia375KSep 2026
24Lesotho175KSep 2026
25Mauritania175KNov 2024
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 25 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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