Over the current decade, it has been noticed that the number of hungry people across the world has been growing at a fast speed. The cause of this food shortage has been mainly attributed to insufficient food production as well as an increased demand for food from consumers. In light of this, in Africa, particularly the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is dealing with serious food insecurity and this is significant issue facing most of people living in the DRC. In this part of the world access to sufficient food is not stable, consequently many households are facing recurrent food crisis, which in turn is threatening their livelihoods and negatively affecting their welfare.  Therefore, this paper was conducted with a goal of analysing and measuring the key factors affecting food security in the DRC.