Costa Rica vs Hungary: Share of population with moderate or severe food insecurity

Costa Rica
15.4
in 2023
Hungary
15.6
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
75th
Hungary rank
74th

Share of population with moderate or severe food insecurity over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Hungary
051015201520192023

How they compare

Hungary currently reports 15.6 against 15.4 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.2.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 2015 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 75th and Hungary ranks 74th of 126 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Hungary Difference Ahead
2010s 13.72 9 4.72 Costa Rica
2020s 15.93 13.45 2.48 Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of population with moderate or severe food insecurity, Costa Rica or Hungary?
Hungary, at 15.6 against 15.4 in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in share of population with moderate or severe food insecurity between Costa Rica and Hungary?
0.2, with Hungary ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Hungary?
9 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Hungary rank globally for share of population with moderate or severe food insecurity?
Costa Rica ranks 75th and Hungary ranks 74th of 126 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Share of population with moderate or severe food insecurity. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Costa Rica vs Hungary: Share of population with moderate or severe food insecurity. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 11 November 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/share-of-population-with-moderate-or-severe-food-insecurity/costa-rica/hungary/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/share-of-population-with-moderate-or-severe-food-insecurity/costa-rica/hungary/">Costa Rica vs Hungary: Share of population with moderate or severe food insecurity</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Share of population with moderate or severe food insecurity
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
126 places, 1,051 data points, 2015–2023
Last refreshed