Number of people undernourished (million) (annual value) — Value in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Number of people undernourished (million) (annual value) — Value was 255.6 million No in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of people undernourished (million) (annual value) — Value in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.
Analysis
In 2025, number of people undernourished (million) (annual value) — value in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) stood at 255.6 million No. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 52.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people undernourished (million) (annual value) — value in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 255.6 million No in 2025 and was at its lowest, 139.5 million No, in 2009.
That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Number of people undernourished (million) (annual value) — Value in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 157.8 million No | — |
| 2001 | 159 million No | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 159.1 million No | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 157.8 million No | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 158 million No | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 151 million No | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 148.1 million No | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 145.8 million No | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 143 million No | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 139.5 million No | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 140.8 million No | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 147 million No | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 149.6 million No | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 152.7 million No | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 154.9 million No | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 167.2 million No | +7.9% |
| 2016 | 187.7 million No | +12.3% |
| 2017 | 185.5 million No | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 194.3 million No | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 207 million No | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 210.6 million No | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 222.6 million No | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 231.8 million No | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 245.6 million No | +6.0% |
| 2024 | 252.7 million No | +2.9% |
| 2025 | 255.6 million No | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 151.91 million No | 139.5 million No | 159.1 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 168.67 million No | 140.8 million No | 207 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 236.48 million No | 210.6 million No | 255.6 million No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people undernourished (million) (annual value) — value in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Number of people undernourished (million) (annual value) — value in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 255.6 million No in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest number of people undernourished (million) (annual value) — value recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 255.6 million No in 2025.
- What is the lowest number of people undernourished (million) (annual value) — value recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 139.5 million No in 2009.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for number of people undernourished (million) (annual value) — value?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2025.
- Is number of people undernourished (million) (annual value) — value rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.9%. 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) (annual value) — 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.