The 6.5% of the population stated that he faced moderate or severe food deficiency, while the 1.4% of the population said it faced only serious food shortage for 2023 according to the results of the ELSTAT survey.

The figures were down slightly from 2022, when the proportion of the population who said they were moderately or severely food insecure stood at 6.6%. However, the rate remains higher without showing a significant deviation compared to 2021 which was at 6.0% and 2020 which was at 6.1%

It is noteworthy that the 2023 rate is 1.5% lower than in 2019, when it was 8.0%.

In terms of the percentage of people who declared only serious food shortage, in the period 2019-2022 the percentage reached 1.5%, except for the year 2020 which was 1.6%. So, the percentage in 2023 appears to be at least reduced.

It is clarified that a household is considered to have moderate or severe food deficiency when at least one member of the household stated that, during the previous 12 months before the survey, they had to skip a meal, ate less than they thought they needed, he ran out of foodhe was hungry but did not eat, he spent a whole day without food, due to lack of money or other resources.

A household is considered to have severe food shortagewhen at least one member of the household stated that, during the previous 12 months before the survey, he went a whole day without food due to lack of money or other resources.