Number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — Value in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — Value was 251.3 million No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — Value in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.
Analysis
In 2023, number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — value in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) stood at 251.3 million No. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 58.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — value in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 251.3 million No in 2023 and was at its lowest, 141.1 million No, in 2008.
That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 5th out of 27 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — Value in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 158.6 million No | — |
| 2001 | 158.6 million No | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 158.3 million No | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 155.6 million No | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 152.4 million No | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 148.3 million No | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 145.6 million No | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 142.8 million No | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 141.1 million No | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 142.4 million No | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 145.8 million No | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 149.8 million No | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 152.4 million No | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 158.2 million No | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 169.9 million No | +7.4% |
| 2015 | 180.1 million No | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 189.1 million No | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 195.6 million No | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 204 million No | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 213.4 million No | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 221.7 million No | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 233.3 million No | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 243.4 million No | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 251.3 million No | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 150.37 million No | 141.1 million No | 158.6 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 175.83 million No | 145.8 million No | 213.4 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 237.43 million No | 221.7 million No | 251.3 million No | 4 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 2 Nigeria 51.6 million No compare
- 3 Pakistan 40.4 million No compare
- 4 China 40 million No compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 43.2 million No compare
- 5 China, mainland 38.7 million No compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 13.1 million No compare
- 6 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 12.2 million No compare
- 6 Ethiopia 26.3 million No compare
- 7 Kenya 19.7 million No compare
- 8 Indonesia 18 million No compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 10.1 million No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- Pulses, Total — Production, annual growth rate 3.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production, annual growth rate 1.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.9081 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 4.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 1.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 7.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 2.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield, annual growth rate 0.8325 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.3601 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — value in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — value in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 251.3 million No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — value recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 251.3 million No in 2023.
- What is the lowest number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — value recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 141.1 million No in 2008.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — value?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 5th out of 27 groups with data for 2023.
- Is number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.