5.2.12—Food security

Food security means physical and economic availability of enough safe, balanced food for every person to live an active and healthy life.

Test four linked dimensions: availability of supply, economic and physical access, nutritional utilization, and stability through seasonal, economic or conflict-related shocks.

A market can remain stocked while low-income households lose access as prices rise; another region may have adequate calories but insufficient dietary diversity for balanced nutrition.

Compare regions and households using supply, affordability, access, diet quality and exposure to shocks—not national production alone.

Food in a country does not guarantee food security for every household.