Number of people undernourished (million) (annual value) — Value by country

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

• World 644.6 million No
• Asia 291.8 million No
• Lower-middle-income economies 340.8 million No
• Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 253.8 million No
• Africa 309.2 million No
• Middle Africa 63.4 million No
• Sub-Saharan Africa 282.3 million No
• Small island developing states (SIDS) 12.1 million No
• Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 255.6 million No
• Melanesia 3.5 million No
• Central Asia and Southern Asia 197 million No
• Low-income economies 194.8 million No
• Southern Asia 194.7 million No
• Eastern Africa 131.3 million No
• Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 101.7 million No
• Western Africa 78.4 million No
• Upper-middle-income economies 74.1 million No
• Western Asia and Northern Africa 67.9 million No
• Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 59.7 million No
• Eastern Asia 41.2 million No
• Western Asia 41 million No
• South-Eastern Asia 35.4 million No
• Latin America and the Caribbean 32.1 million No
• Northern Africa 27 million No
• South America 15.4 million No
• Central America 9.4 million No
• Southern Africa 9.1 million No
• Caribbean 7.4 million No
• Oceania 3.7 million No
• Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 3.6 million No
• Central Asia 2.3 million No