Food Insecurity Experience Scale (Pakistan - Admin 3)

This map represents the distribution of sampled households according to their level of food security as measured by Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) at district level of Pakistan. More than half of the households (63.1%) were found to be “food secure”. In urban areas, 68.2% of households were food secure compared to 60% in rural areas. A larger percentage of households were food secure in Gilgit Baltistan (75.6%) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (70.9%), with smaller proportions in Balochistan (50.3%) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Newly Merged Districts (54.6%). Nationally, 18.3% of households experienced severe food insecurity (urban: 13.9%; rural: 20.9%). Household food security was lowest in the poorest wealth quintile, with 42.1% of these households reporting severe food insecurity. Food insecurity in all districts was also assessed. Districts in Balochistan exhibited the highest degree of food insecurity, with particularly low rates of food security (i.e. high rates of food insecurity) observed in Awaran (0.2%), Jhal Magsi (3.8%) and Dera Bugti (9.0%). Sindh also had low food security (Tando Mohammad Khan: 15.8%; Sujawal: 19.3%; Tharparkar: 21.2%) also exhibited a high prevalence of food insecurity. By comparison, the lowest degree of food insecurity in Punjab was 37.8%, found in Lodhran, although low rates were also observed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Newly Merged Districts and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including FR Dera Ismail Khan (11.0%) and Mohmand Agency (13.6%). Data Sources: The Ministry of National Services Regulation and Coordination (MoNHSR&C), Government of Pakistan, in collaboration with UNICEF and the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID), developed and carried out the National Nutrition Survey (NNS) 2018. Definition of variables and data sources: Percentage values for Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) is represented by “severe” field. Data Accusation Method: Demographics and Health Survey Methodology to prepare this dataset can be accessed at: https://www.unicef.org/pakistan/media/2836/file/National%20Nutrition%20Survey%202018%20Volume%203.pdf Survey Time Period: The survey was initiated in April 2018 and field activities formally ended in January 2019.