Last year (based on 2023 income data), 7% of Greece’s population experienced moderate or severe food insecurity, while 1.6% faced severe food insecurity only, according to the global standard Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES).
The corresponding rates for moderate or severe food insecurity ranged between 6% and 8% from 2019 to 2023 (6.5% in 2023), while the average rate of severe food insecurity during the same period stood at 1.5%, except for 2020 and 2023, when it reached 1.6% and 1.4%, respectively.
According to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) survey on food adequacy, a household is considered to experience moderate or severe food insecurity when at least one member reported that, during the 12 months before the survey, they had to skip a meal, ate less than they felt they needed, went without food, felt hungry but did not eat, or spent an entire day without food due to lack of money or other resources.
A household is classified as facing severe food insecurity when at least one member reported that, during the same 12-month period, they went an entire day without food because they lacked the money or resources to obtain it.
