Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in India
India: Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 9.8 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in India, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
India recorded 9.8 % for prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 14.8% on the previous year and down 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in India peaked at 21.7 % in 2003 and was at its lowest, 9.8 %, in 2023.
That places India 52nd out of 116 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in India, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 18.1 % | — |
| 2001 | 19.7 % | +8.8% |
| 2002 | 21.2 % | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 21.7 % | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 21.1 % | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 18.9 % | -10.4% |
| 2006 | 16.6 % | -12.2% |
| 2007 | 15.3 % | -7.8% |
| 2008 | 15 % | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 14.6 % | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 14.3 % | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 13.2 % | -7.7% |
| 2012 | 12.5 % | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 12.5 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 12.4 % | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 12 % | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 10.6 % | -11.7% |
| 2017 | 10.5 % | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 11.8 % | +12.4% |
| 2019 | 13.2 % | +11.9% |
| 2020 | 13.9 % | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 13.2 % | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 11.5 % | -12.9% |
| 2023 | 9.8 % | -14.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.22 % | 14.6 % | 21.7 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.3 % | 10.5 % | 14.3 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.1 % | 9.8 % | 13.9 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near India
- 50 Trinidad and Tobago 10.4 % compare
- 51 Togo 10.2 % compare
- 53 Guinea 8.7 % compare
- 54 Egypt 8.4 % compare
- 55 Bangladesh 8.2 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 16.23 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.23 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in India?
- Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in India was 9.8 % 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 21.7 % in 2003.
- What is the lowest prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.8 % in 2023.
- How does India rank for prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- India ranks 52nd out of 116 countries with data for 2023.
- Is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India 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.