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In the world there are only 2 countries that spend more than 45% of their income on food: Cameroon (46.8%) and Azerbaijan (46.9%), the site of the Say No To Food Waste organization reads.

According to the site what these two seemingly different countries both worry about are rising food prices. In 2011, when global wheat prices dramatically rose, Azerbaijani´s watched the price of wheat produce rise by 24%. For families who already spend half of their income on food, it became challenging to continue buying same amounts of food, while managing their home, electricity, water and daily living expenses.

Governments of these countries need to pay more attention to their food security, ensuring that enough is being done to keep their populations with enough money to afford local staple foods despite growing prices. This task will become more difficult as global population and food price tags increase with every year.

According to the research, the people of Georgia are spending on food 38.4% of revenue, Russians - 29.7%, Iranians - 24%, Turkish - 22.3%. The organization does not have data about Armenia.