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Food Self Sufficiency Rate by Country 2024

  • A 2023 study by Leiden University in the Netherlands computed the percentage of each country's current area that would be required to grow enough food to feed the entire country. Lower percentages equate to greater self-sufficiency.
  • Some countries would require more than 100% of their total land area to become food self-sufficient.
  • The Global Food Security Index (GFSI) is an annual assessment measuring food security through indicators including affordability, availability, quality, and safety. Domestic food supplies factor heavily into this assessment.

159 countries

Country
Land Area Needed for Self-Sufficiency
GFSI Score
GFSI Score Change (2012-2022)
Cape Verde1202.62%
Bangladesh1195.72%546.9
United Arab Emirates1116.84%75.212
Israel1080.32%74.87.8
Grenada968.98%
Egypt733.62%562.2
Antigua and Barbuda685.45%
Mauritius681.05%
Burundi653.04%40.6-1.4
Sao Tome and Principe590.31%
Jordan561.44%66.22.9
Papua New Guinea509.14%
South Korea493.52%70.27.1
Haiti469.69%38.5-5.4
Cyprus440.93%
DR Congo434.02%439.3
Pakistan421.6%52.28.7
Nepal420.32%56.911.1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines418.36%
Lebanon381.44%
Sri Lanka371.67%55.22.3
Solomon Islands367.34%
Philippines360.67%59.37.2
Benin333.78%48.18.9
India292.93%58.95.1
Slovakia275.88%71.16.9
North Korea244.29%
Iraq241.7%
Cameroon241.51%46.42.8
Nigeria240.9%42-0.9
El Salvador231.21%64.25.4
Oman229.8%71.213.8
Togo222.55%46.23.5
Uganda221.85%47.76.7
Vietnam213.73%67.913.4
Myanmar203.92%57.68.2
Indonesia199.65%60.24.8
Suriname191.02%
Ethiopia181.11%44.55.8
Liberia172.23%
Sierra Leone167.41%40.5-1
Ghana164.74%52.62.1
Honduras160.89%61.57.4
Tanzania159.03%49.110.2
Dominican Republic158.07%655.5
Malawi157.99%48.12.6
Japan157.81%79.54.1
Burkina Faso149.3%49.610.7
Guatemala148.25%62.86.6
Ecuador146.56%65.66.2
Yemen139.48%40.10.1
Tunisia131.48%60.34.3
Cambodia131.42%55.711.4
Thailand131.23%60.14.6
Ivory Coast126.24%46.51.5
Guinea Bissau124.32%
Panama123.28%708.8
Norway122.8%80.5-0.4
Netherlands120.16%80.16.7
Switzerland118.9%78.25
North Macedonia118.77%
Belgium113.44%77.53.9
Senegal113.31%51.28.7
Azerbaijan110.99%59.82.9
Bhutan107%
Malaysia103.51%69.95.7
Luxembourg102.01%
Costa Rica99.09%77.45.7
Italy96.28%742.5
Georgia94.89%
Syria92.26%36.3-10.5
Laos91.14%53.19
Kenya89.68%5310
Croatia87.64%
Morocco86.63%639.1
Belize85.37%
Central African Republic83.91%
Albania83.19%
Tajikistan83.02%56.79.6
Moldova80.29%
Iran79.32%
Slovenia78.81%
Eswatini78.4%
Afghanistan77.15%
Algeria74.38%58.98.4
Armenia70.16%
Eritrea69.16%
Somalia67.58%
Portugal67.46%78.73.9
Turkey66.06%65.32.9
Spain63.7%75.70.8
Guinea62.89%45.19.3
United Kingdom61.44%78.87.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina61.42%
Serbia60.59%61.48
Czech Republic60.53%77.75.4
Zimbabwe60.18%
Angola59.3%43.70.8
Niger56.31%46.34.2
Germany53.97%773.6
Greece49.86%72.24.7
Venezuela49.63%42.6-4.9
Peru48.01%70.87.7
Denmark47.92%77.84.4
Fiji46.39%
Nicaragua45.5%56.66.3
China45.39%74.213.7
Poland44.93%75.57
Sudan43.96%42.87.3
Estonia43.73%
Madagascar43.51%40.61.2
France43.07%80.23.4
Mozambique41.72%47.33.5
Republic of the Congo40.63%
Mali40.15%51.97.4
Belarus39.59%64.54.3
Austria39.57%78.13.7
Zambia38.73%43.5-1.8
Mexico38.33%69.17.3
Bulgaria38.3%739.5
Uzbekistan35.13%57.57.1
Hungary33.06%71.45.3
Romania32.64%68.85.8
Colombia32.17%60.1-2.2
South Sudan32.1%
Chad30.25%43.27.7
Latvia29.88%
Gabon28.63%
Lithuania26.43%
Ukraine25.38%57.92.1
Kyrgyzstan25.29%
Russia24.57%69.16.1
Finland17.86%83.75.3
Chile17.15%74.25.9
Brazil17.14%65.11.3
South Africa16.27%61.74.6
Bolivia14.78%6512.2
Ireland14.56%81.74.8
Paraguay13.95%58.64.6
Mauritania13.88%
Turkmenistan13.54%
United States13.24%781.3
Sweden13.06%79.13.4
Canada12.66%79.17
Botswana11.63%51.10.9
Namibia9.16%
Uruguay7.74%71.810.9
New Zealand7.37%77.85.2
Saudi Arabia6.24%69.911.8
Argentina5.47%64.81.3
Iceland5.19%
Kazakhstan5.14%72.19.4
Mongolia4.04%
Australia2.79%75.44.6
Rwanda-50.64.7
Singapore-73.14.7
Kuwait-65.2-0.5
Qatar-72.42.5
Bahrain-70.35.6

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