Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Congo
Congo: Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 25 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Congo, 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 Congo stood at 25 %. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Congo peaked at 39.3 % in 2009 and was at its lowest, 25 %, in 2023.
Congo ranks 13th of 116 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Congo, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 26.3 % | — |
| 2001 | 25.9 % | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 26 % | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 27.2 % | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 28.4 % | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 30.5 % | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 32.6 % | +6.9% |
| 2007 | 34.9 % | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 37.1 % | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 39.3 % | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 38.8 % | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 35.1 % | -9.5% |
| 2012 | 30.2 % | -14.0% |
| 2013 | 27.8 % | -7.9% |
| 2014 | 28.1 % | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 28.3 % | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 28.6 % | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 28.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 28.5 % | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 27 % | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 25.8 % | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 25.6 % | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 25.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 25 % | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.82 % | 25.9 % | 39.3 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.1 % | 27 % | 38.8 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.5 % | 25 % | 25.8 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 10 Afghanistan 27.8 % compare
- 11 Solomon Islands 27 % compare
- 12 Sierra Leone 25.3 % compare
- 14 Malawi 24.5 % compare
- 15 Gabon 23.3 % compare
- 16 Sao Tome and Principe 23 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Congo
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1011 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 254.21 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3588 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 10.11 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 10.11 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Congo?
- Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Congo was 25 % 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 Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 39.3 % in 2009.
- What is the lowest prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 25 % in 2023.
- How does Congo rank for prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Congo ranks 13th out of 116 countries with data for 2023.
- Is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Congo 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.