Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Kiribati
Kiribati: Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 3.8 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Kiribati, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Kiribati recorded 3.8 % for prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in 2023.
That represents a change of down 7.3% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Kiribati peaked at 4.7 % in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3.6 %, in 2013.
Kiribati ranks 84th of 116 countries on this measure, 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 Kiribati, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.3 % | — |
| 2001 | 4.4 % | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 4.6 % | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 4.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 4.5 % | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 4.4 % | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 4.3 % | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 4.1 % | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 4.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3.9 % | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 3.8 % | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 3.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3.7 % | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 3.6 % | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 3.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3.9 % | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 4.1 % | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 4.2 % | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 4.3 % | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 4.4 % | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 4.7 % | +6.8% |
| 2021 | 4.4 % | -6.4% |
| 2022 | 4.1 % | -6.8% |
| 2023 | 3.8 % | -7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.32 % | 3.9 % | 4.6 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.94 % | 3.6 % | 4.4 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.25 % | 3.8 % | 4.7 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kiribati
- 83 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4 % compare
- 85 China, Taiwan Province of 3.6 % compare
- 86 Philippines 3.4 % compare
- 86 Samoa 3.4 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Kiribati
- Rural population, per capita 0.3661 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2317 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 590.95 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.2% (2024)
- Rural population 49,975 (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 79.49 million current US$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Kiribati?
- Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Kiribati was 3.8 % 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 Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 4.7 % in 2020.
- What is the lowest prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6 % in 2013.
- How does Kiribati rank for prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Kiribati ranks 84th out of 116 countries with data for 2023.
- Is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kiribati 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.