Percent population experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity (%)

Level StateYearly

Definition

Prevalence of the population experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity as measured by the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale.

Interpretation

The Brazilian Food Insicurity Scale is an experience-based food security scale used to produce a measure of access to food at different levels of severity that can be compared across contexts. It relies on data obtained by asking people, directly in surveys, about the occurrence of conditions and behaviors that are known to reflect constrained access to food.

Data source

Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) - Microdata of Annual Continuous National Household Sample Survey: https://www.ibge.gov.br/estatisticas/sociais/habitacao/9171-pesquisa-nacional-por-amostra-de-domicilios-continua-mensal.html?edicao=20652

Level	Periodicity
State	Yearly