The Global Food Security Index

The Global Food Security Index considers the core issues of affordability, availability, and quality across a set of 113 countries. The index is a dynamic quantitative and qualitative benchmarking model, constructed from 34 unique indicators, that measures these drivers of food security across both developing and developed countries.

This index is the first to examine food security comprehensively across the three internationally established dimensions. Moreover, the study looks beyond hunger to the underlying factors affecting food insecurity. The GFSI now includes an adjustment factor on natural resources and resilience. This category assesses a country’s exposure to the impacts of a changing climate; its susceptibility to natural resource risks; and how the country is adapting to these risks.

Indexing three core issues in 113 countries with an optional risk adjustment factor: Affordability Affordability Availability Availability Quality and Safety Quality and Safety Natural resources and resilience Natural resources and resilience