paucity

noun2

1. •
   Fewness in number; too few.

   • But when I had crossed the threshold, I was astonished at the paucity of facts to be gleaned from the inmates themselves. — 1915
2. •
   A smallness in size or amount that is insufficient; meagerness, dearth.

   • Now came shipwrecks and life in open boats, with the usual paucity of food. — 1898