Resilient Food Systems Index (RFSI)

The RFSI provides a benchmark of countries’ capacity to produce and deliver sufficient, affordable and nutritious food amid an increasingly interconnected and acute risk landscape. It focuses on the structural and forward-looking factors that support long-term resilience, with the aim of providing a practical tool to inform policy, investment and action towards more stable and sustainable food systems.

Informed by independent Economist Impact research and supported by Cargill, the RFSI evaluates the resilience of food systems in 60 countries, across four interdependent pillars: affordability; availability; quality and safety; and climate risk responsiveness. The RFSI is based on a dynamic benchmarking model constructed from 71 qualitative and quantitative indicators measuring food-system resilience. The 60 countries included in the RFSI are spread across six regions: Sub-Saharan Africa; Asia-Pacific; Europe; Latin America and the Caribbean; Middle East and North Africa; and North America.