Singapore is the only country in Asia ranked in the top 10 of the index.
With a score of 87.4 out of 100, the city-state was ahead of second-ranked Ireland, the US (third), Switzerland (fourth) and Finland and Norway in joint fifth.
Published annually, the Global Food Security Index considers the core issues of affordability, availability and quality & safety across a set of 113 countries. The index is a dynamic quantitative benchmarking model constructed from 28 unique indicators that measures the drivers of food security across both developing and developed countries.
