Number of people undernourished (million) (annual value) — Value in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Number of people undernourished (million) (annual value) — Value was 194.7 million No in 2025. ▼ Falling
Number of people undernourished (million) (annual value) — Value in Southern Asia, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 194.7 million No for number of people undernourished (million) (annual value) — value in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 7.7% on the previous year and down 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people undernourished (million) (annual value) — value in Southern Asia peaked at 327.5 million No in 2004 and was at its lowest, 194.7 million No, in 2025.
Southern Asia ranks 8th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Number of people undernourished (million) (annual value) — Value in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 239.1 million No | — |
| 2001 | 268.6 million No | +12.3% |
| 2002 | 304.2 million No | +13.3% |
| 2003 | 305.4 million No | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 327.5 million No | +7.2% |
| 2005 | 325.3 million No | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 292 million No | -10.2% |
| 2007 | 258.9 million No | -11.3% |
| 2008 | 249.9 million No | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 259 million No | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 264.9 million No | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 249.8 million No | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 259.6 million No | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 224.5 million No | -13.5% |
| 2014 | 223.8 million No | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 258.2 million No | +15.4% |
| 2016 | 220.6 million No | -14.6% |
| 2017 | 199 million No | -9.8% |
| 2018 | 208.5 million No | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 214.4 million No | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 267 million No | +24.5% |
| 2021 | 278.3 million No | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 272 million No | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 248.3 million No | -8.7% |
| 2024 | 211 million No | -15.0% |
| 2025 | 194.7 million No | -7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 282.99 million No | 239.1 million No | 327.5 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 232.33 million No | 199 million No | 264.9 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 245.22 million No | 194.7 million No | 278.3 million No | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people undernourished (million) (annual value) — value in Southern Asia?
- Number of people undernourished (million) (annual value) — value in Southern Asia was 194.7 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 327.5 million No in 2004.
- What is the lowest number of people undernourished (million) (annual value) — value recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 194.7 million No in 2025.
- How does Southern Asia rank for number of people undernourished (million) (annual value) — value?
- Southern Asia ranks 8th out of 26 groups with data for 2025.
- Is number of people undernourished (million) (annual value) — value rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.