The share of population who experience severe food insecurity in Uruguay was estimated at 2.9 percent between 2020 and 2022, an decrease from the previous three-year period. The degree of moderate or severe food insecurity also decreased, from 23 percent to 15.2 percent. According to the source, a person is considered food insecure when they lack regular access to enough safe and nutritious food to lead an active and healthy life.
Prevalence of food insecurity in Uruguay between 2014 and 2022, by degree of severity
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* The data for 2018-2020 and 2019-2021 comes from previous reports.
According to FAO: "A person is food insecure when they lack regular access to enough safe and nutritious food for normal growth and development and an active and healthy life. This may be due to unavailability of food and/or lack of resources to obtain food. Food insecurity can be experienced at different levels of severity. (...) When someone is severely food insecure, they have run out of food and gone a day or more without eating. In other words, they have most likely experienced hunger. (...) For those who are moderately food insecure, access to food is uncertain. They might have to sacrifice other basic needs, just to be able to eat. When they do eat, it might be whatever is most readily available or cheapest, which might not be the most nutritious food."
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FAO, & IFAD, & WHO, & UNICEF, & World Food Programme. (July 13, 2023). Prevalence of food insecurity in Uruguay between 2014 and 2022, by degree of severity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1034338/food-insecurity-prevalence-severity-uruguay/
FAO, und IFAD, und WHO, und UNICEF, und World Food Programme. "Prevalence of food insecurity in Uruguay between 2014 and 2022, by degree of severity." Chart. July 13, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1034338/food-insecurity-prevalence-severity-uruguay/
FAO, IFAD, WHO, UNICEF, World Food Programme. (2023). Prevalence of food insecurity in Uruguay between 2014 and 2022, by degree of severity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1034338/food-insecurity-prevalence-severity-uruguay/
FAO, and IFAD, and WHO, and UNICEF, and World Food Programme. "Prevalence of Food Insecurity in Uruguay between 2014 and 2022, by Degree of Severity." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1034338/food-insecurity-prevalence-severity-uruguay/
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Prevalence of food insecurity in Uruguay between 2014 and 2022, by degree of severity [Graph], FAO, & IFAD, & WHO, & UNICEF, & World Food Programme, July 13, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1034338/food-insecurity-prevalence-severity-uruguay/