Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 27.8 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Afghanistan, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Afghanistan stood at 27.8 %.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.4% on the previous year and up 44.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Afghanistan peaked at 45.8 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 17.6 %, in 2008.
Afghanistan ranks 10th of 116 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 45.8 % | — |
| 2001 | 43.5 % | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 38.7 % | -11.0% |
| 2003 | 34.6 % | -10.6% |
| 2004 | 30.6 % | -11.6% |
| 2005 | 26.6 % | -13.1% |
| 2006 | 22.7 % | -14.7% |
| 2007 | 19.7 % | -13.2% |
| 2008 | 17.6 % | -10.7% |
| 2009 | 17.7 % | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 18.6 % | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 19.7 % | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 19.4 % | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 19.3 % | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 19.9 % | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 20.5 % | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 21.5 % | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 23 % | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 24.9 % | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 28.9 % | +16.1% |
| 2020 | 31 % | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 32 % | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 29.7 % | -7.2% |
| 2023 | 27.8 % | -6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.75 % | 17.6 % | 45.8 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.57 % | 18.6 % | 28.9 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.12 % | 27.8 % | 32 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 7 Chad 33.6 % compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 30.5 % compare
- 9 Central African Republic 29.8 % compare
- 9 Timor-Leste 16.9 % compare
- 11 Solomon Islands 27 % compare
- 12 Sierra Leone 25.3 % compare
- 13 Congo 25 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Afghanistan?
- Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Afghanistan was 27.8 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 45.8 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.6 % in 2008.
- How does Afghanistan rank for prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Afghanistan ranks 10th out of 116 countries with data for 2023.
- Is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (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.