Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 26.1 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) stood at 26.1 %.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 30.1 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 20.9 %, in 2012.
That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 2nd out of 28 groups with data for 2023, putting it 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 30.1 % | — |
| 2001 | 29.3 % | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 28.4 % | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 27.2 % | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 25.9 % | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 24.5 % | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 23.4 % | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 22.3 % | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 21.5 % | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 21.1 % | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 21.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 21.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 20.9 % | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 21.2 % | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 22.2 % | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 23 % | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 23.5 % | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 23.7 % | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 24.1 % | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 24.5 % | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 24.8 % | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 25.5 % | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 25.9 % | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 26.1 % | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.37 % | 21.1 % | 30.1 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.53 % | 20.9 % | 24.5 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.57 % | 24.8 % | 26.1 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 1 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 47 % compare
- 1 Somalia 56.5 % compare
- 2 Haiti 51.4 % compare
- 2 Syrian Arab Republic 40.8 % compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 39.5 % compare
- 3 Madagascar 41.8 % compare
- 4 Zambia 41 % compare
- 5 Liberia 37.3 % compare
- 5 Melanesia 27.4 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 2.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 4.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Production, annual growth rate 3.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.3601 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 1.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 3.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 1.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.9081 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 7.14 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 26.1 % 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 30.1 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.9 % in 2012.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 2nd out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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.