Most Somali Households Are Food Insecure or At Risk

Somalia's food security challenge is as much about vulnerability as it is about hunger. The 2026 Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Assessment (CFSVA) found that only 31 percent of households are food secure. Another 40 percent are classified as marginally food secure: households that can meet their food needs today but remain exposed to droughts, floods, conflict, displacement, and rising prices.

Displacement is the clearest dividing line, with only 9 percent of internally displaced households food secure, compared with 43 percent in urban areas and 22 percent in rural areas. Over half of displaced households are food insecure, the highest share across all population groups.

Food insecurity is not evenly shared. Urban households fare better; rural communities and displaced families carry substantially higher rates of food insecurity. For many households, the line between food security and food insecurity is not current access to food, but the ability to withstand the next shock.

• food security
• cfsva
• displacement
• vulnerability