Number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — Value in Madagascar
Madagascar: Number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — Value was 13.3 million No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — Value in Madagascar, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 13.3 million No for number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — value in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.1% on the previous year and up 66.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — value in Madagascar peaked at 13.3 million No in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5.7 million No, in 2000.
Madagascar ranks 10th of 98 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Madagascar, year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.7 million No | — |
| 2001 | 6.1 million No | +7.0% |
| 2002 | 6.5 million No | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 6.4 million No | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 6.3 million No | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 6 million No | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 6.1 million No | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 6.3 million No | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 6.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6.2 million No | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 6.3 million No | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 6.8 million No | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 7.3 million No | +7.4% |
| 2013 | 8 million No | +9.6% |
| 2014 | 8.6 million No | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 9.2 million No | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 9.8 million No | +6.5% |
| 2017 | 10.5 million No | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 11.2 million No | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 11.9 million No | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 11.8 million No | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 11.9 million No | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 12.3 million No | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 13.3 million No | +8.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.19 million No | 5.7 million No | 6.5 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.96 million No | 6.3 million No | 11.9 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.33 million No | 11.8 million No | 13.3 million No | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Madagascar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.217 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 130.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.671 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — value in Madagascar?
- Number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — value in Madagascar was 13.3 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 13.3 million No in 2023.
- What is the lowest number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — value recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.7 million No in 2000.
- How does Madagascar rank for number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — value?
- Madagascar ranks 10th out of 98 countries with data for 2023.
- Is number of people undernourished (million) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.