Household food insecurity and its associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

In this review, the prevalence of households and more than half of the households in Ethiopia had experienced food insecurity. Therefore, the food insecurity of households in Ethiopia continues to be a public health problem. The subgroup analysis showed that the Amhara region had the highest prone region for food insecurity and the size of the family was the potential significant factor for food insecurity in the household. Strategies to reduce household food insecurity must be implemented by sharing the best food secure region with the food insecurity region, community education and improving contraceptive use to reduce the number of family sizes. The study registered on the PROSPERO registration ID number is CRD42024532143.