Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Malawi
Malawi: Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 24.5 % in 2023. ▬ Flat
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Malawi, 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 Malawi stood at 24.5 %. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.0% on the previous year and up 58.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Malawi peaked at 24.5 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 13.9 %, in 2010.
That places Malawi 14th out of 116 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Malawi, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 23.2 % | — |
| 2001 | 23.4 % | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 24.1 % | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 23.2 % | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 21.5 % | -7.3% |
| 2005 | 19.3 % | -10.2% |
| 2006 | 17.5 % | -9.3% |
| 2007 | 15.9 % | -9.1% |
| 2008 | 14.7 % | -7.5% |
| 2009 | 14.1 % | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 13.9 % | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 14.2 % | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 14.9 % | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 15.5 % | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 16.3 % | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 16.7 % | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 17.6 % | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 18.3 % | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 19.3 % | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 19.9 % | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 20.4 % | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 20.9 % | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 22.9 % | +9.6% |
| 2023 | 24.5 % | +7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19.69 % | 14.1 % | 24.1 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.66 % | 13.9 % | 19.9 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.17 % | 20.4 % | 24.5 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 11 Solomon Islands 27 % compare
- 12 Sierra Leone 25.3 % compare
- 13 Congo 25 % compare
- 15 Gabon 23.3 % compare
- 16 Sao Tome and Principe 23 % compare
- 17 Rwanda 22.6 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malawi
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 24.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3003 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 201.66 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8241 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 30.03 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 30.03 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Malawi?
- Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Malawi was 24.5 % 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 24.5 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.9 % in 2010.
- How does Malawi rank for prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Malawi ranks 14th out of 116 countries with data for 2023.
- Is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Malawi 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.