What is the difference in share of population with severe food insecurity between Costa Rica and Finland?

0.2 percent, with Finland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Finland?

9 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of population with severe food insecurity. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Costa Rica vs Finland: Share of population with severe food insecurity

Costa Rica

2.7 percent

in 2023

Finland

2.9 percent

in 2023

Costa Rica rank

80th

Finland rank

78th

Share of population with severe food insecurity over time

Costa Rica
Finland

How they compare

Finland currently reports 2.9 percent against 2.7 percent in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.2 percent.

That makes Finland's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2015 it was Finland ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 80th and Finland ranks 78th of 125 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Finland	Difference	Ahead
2010s	2.18 percent	2.14 percent	0.04 percent	Costa Rica
2020s	2.8 percent	2.73 percent	0.075 percent	Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of population with severe food insecurity, Costa Rica or Finland?: Finland, at 2.9 percent against 2.7 percent in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in share of population with severe food insecurity between Costa Rica and Finland?: 0.2 percent, with Finland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Finland?: 9 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Finland rank globally for share of population with severe food insecurity?: Costa Rica ranks 80th and Finland ranks 78th of 125 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of population with severe food insecurity. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Share of population with severe food insecurity
Unit: percent
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 125 places, 1,042 data points, 2015–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Someone suffering from severe food insecurity has an insufficient quantity of food. They will experience symptoms such as physical hunger.