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Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value by country

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...

Countries reporting
116
Highest
56.5 %
Somalia
Lowest
2.5 %
Mongolia
Median
7.15 %
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
3,538

What the numbers show

Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value is currently reported for 116 countries. The highest value is 56.5 % in Somalia; the lowest is 2.5 % in Mongolia.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.15 %, and the mean is 11.63 %.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23.

Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 300.0%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 89.2%).

Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Somalia 56.5 % 2023 down 8.0% falling
2 Haiti 51.4 % 2023 up 36.3% flat
3 Madagascar 41.8 % 2023 up 29.0% rising
4 Zambia 41 % 2023 up 9.9% falling
5 Liberia 37.3 % 2023 up 1.9% rising
6 Kenya 34.9 % 2023 up 79.9% flat
7 Chad 33.6 % 2023 up 33.9% flat
8 Papua New Guinea 30.5 % 2023 up 10.9% rising
9 Central African Republic 29.8 % 2023 down 3.6% falling
10 Afghanistan 27.8 % 2023 up 44.0% falling
11 Solomon Islands 27 % 2023 up 29.2% rising
12 Sierra Leone 25.3 % 2023 up 11.0% falling
13 Congo 25 % 2023 down 10.1% falling
14 Malawi 24.5 % 2023 up 58.1% flat
15 Gabon 23.3 % 2023 up 70.1% rising
16 Sao Tome and Principe 23 % 2023 up 29.9% rising
17 Rwanda 22.6 % 2023 down 34.1% falling
18 Mozambique 22.3 % 2023 down 31.6% falling
19 Nigeria 22.2 % 2023 up 94.7% rising
20 Uganda 20.9 % 2023 down 14.7% rising
21 Namibia 20.1 % 2023 down 2.9% rising
22 Guinea-Bissau 20 % 2023 down 27.0% rising
23 Ethiopia 19.9 % 2023 up 27.6% falling
24 South Sudan 19.1 % 2023 — falling
25 Libya 18.7 % 2023 up 92.8% rising
26 Zimbabwe 18.4 % 2023 down 45.1% falling
27 Botswana 18.2 % 2023 down 11.2% falling
28 Gambia 17.5 % 2023 up 50.9% rising
29 Angola 17.4 % 2023 up 31.8% volatile
30 Nicaragua 17.3 % 2021 up 2.4% falling
31 Comoros 16.5 % 2023 up 17.0% falling
32 Pakistan 16.1 % 2023 up 12.6% falling
33 Eswatini 15.1 % 2023 down 16.6% rising
34 Djibouti 14.7 % 2023 down 5.2% falling
35 Honduras 14.3 % 2023 up 0.7% falling
36 Iraq 13.4 % 2023 down 10.7% falling
37 Niger 12.9 % 2023 down 5.8% falling
38 Guatemala 12.7 % 2023 down 17.5% falling
38 Suriname 12.7 % 2023 up 44.3% rising
40 Jordan 12.2 % 2023 up 69.4% rising
41 Mali 12.1 % 2023 up 101.7% falling
42 Burkina Faso 11.7 % 2023 down 15.2% falling
43 South Africa 11.2 % 2023 up 100.0% rising
44 Benin 11.1 % 2023 up 12.1% falling
44 Lebanon 11.1 % 2023 up 91.4% rising
46 Mauritania 11 % 2023 up 66.7% flat
47 Sudan 10.9 % 2020 up 25.3% rising
48 Ecuador 10.8 % 2023 up 27.1% falling
48 Ukraine 10.8 % 2023 up 300.0% rising
50 Trinidad and Tobago 10.4 % 2023 up 79.3% falling
51 Togo 10.2 % 2023 down 50.7% falling
52 India 9.8 % 2023 down 21.6% falling
53 Guinea 8.7 % 2023 down 17.9% falling
54 Egypt 8.4 % 2023 up 31.2% rising
55 Bangladesh 8.2 % 2023 down 47.4% falling
56 Jamaica 8 % 2023 up 3.9% rising
56 Tajikistan 8 % 2023 down 59.2% volatile
58 Fiji 7.2 % 2023 unchanged rising
59 Oman 7.1 % 2023 down 4.1% falling
60 Morocco 6.5 % 2023 up 66.7% rising
61 Ghana 6.4 % 2023 down 26.4% falling
62 Indonesia 6.3 % 2023 down 19.2% falling
63 Vanuatu 5.8 % 2023 down 1.7% falling
64 Peru 5.7 % 2023 up 9.6% volatile
65 Albania 5.6 % 2023 up 21.7% falling
66 Thailand 5.4 % 2023 down 34.1% falling
67 Senegal 5.3 % 2023 down 53.5% falling
67 El Salvador 5.3 % 2023 down 40.4% falling
69 Nepal 5.2 % 2023 down 35.8% volatile
70 Barbados 5 % 2023 up 92.3% falling
71 Cameroon 4.9 % 2023 up 8.9% volatile
71 Sri Lanka 4.9 % 2023 down 19.7% falling
71 Mauritius 4.9 % 2023 down 27.9% rising
74 Kyrgyzstan 4.8 % 2023 down 28.4% falling
75 Cambodia 4.7 % 2023 down 42.0% falling
75 Panama 4.7 % 2023 down 35.6% volatile
77 Myanmar 4.6 % 2023 down 16.4% volatile
78 Belize 4.4 % 2023 down 25.4% falling
79 Colombia 4.1 % 2023 down 29.3% falling
79 New Caledonia 4.1 % 2023 down 48.8% falling
79 Paraguay 4.1 % 2023 up 64.0% falling
79 Turkmenistan 4.1 % 2023 up 10.8% falling
83 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4 % 2023 down 16.7% falling
84 Kiribati 3.8 % 2023 up 5.6% falling
85 China, Taiwan Province of 3.6 % 2023 down 18.2% falling
86 Philippines 3.4 % 2023 down 74.0% falling
86 Samoa 3.4 % 2023 down 27.7% flat
88 Armenia 3.1 % 2008 down 89.2% volatile
88 Azerbaijan 3.1 % 2005 down 82.6% volatile
88 Mexico 3.1 % 2023 down 22.5% falling
91 Cyprus 3 % 2006 down 49.2% falling
91 Dominica 3 % 2023 down 67.7% flat
91 Montenegro 3 % 2005 down 68.1% falling
94 China (People’s Republic of) 2.9 % 2008 down 70.4% falling
94 Guyana 2.9 % 2019 down 70.4% falling
94 China, mainland 2.9 % 2008 down 71.0% falling
97 Argentina 2.8 % 2023 down 3.4% falling
97 Dominican Republic 2.8 % 2022 down 70.2% volatile
97 Tunisia 2.8 % 2023 down 3.4% falling
100 Brazil 2.7 % 2022 unchanged falling
100 Georgia 2.7 % 2022 down 65.8% falling
100 Croatia 2.7 % 2005 down 74.5% falling
100 Malaysia 2.7 % 2019 down 22.9% flat
100 Saudi Arabia 2.7 % 2013 down 40.0% falling
100 Seychelles 2.7 % 2018 down 37.2% flat
106 Bulgaria 2.6 % 2019 down 43.5% falling
106 Belarus 2.6 % 2006 down 3.7% falling
106 Chile 2.6 % 2019 down 33.3% rising
106 Costa Rica 2.6 % 2011 down 45.8% falling
106 Algeria 2.6 % 2017 down 48.0% falling
106 North Macedonia 2.6 % 2011 down 61.8% falling
106 French Polynesia 2.6 % 2023 down 16.1% falling
106 Uzbekistan 2.6 % 2010 down 86.2% volatile
114 United Arab Emirates 2.5 % 2019 down 55.4% falling
114 Kazakhstan 2.5 % 2019 down 67.1% falling
114 Mongolia 2.5 % 2021 down 80.9% volatile

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

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Indicator
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
162 places, 3,538 data points, 2000–2023
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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.