Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Melanesia
Melanesia: Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 27.4 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Melanesia, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 27.4 % for prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Melanesia peaked at 27.4 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 22.1 %, in 2000.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 22.1 % | — |
| 2001 | 22.7 % | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 23.4 % | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 24.2 % | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 23.5 % | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 23.6 % | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 23.2 % | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 23.7 % | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 24.8 % | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 25.8 % | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 26.1 % | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 25.1 % | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 24.1 % | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 24.4 % | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 24.6 % | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 25 % | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 25.1 % | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 25.2 % | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 24.9 % | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 25.2 % | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 25.1 % | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 26.5 % | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 26.8 % | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 27.4 % | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.7 % | 22.1 % | 25.8 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.97 % | 24.1 % | 26.1 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.45 % | 25.1 % | 27.4 % | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Melanesia?
- Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Melanesia was 27.4 % 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 Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 27.4 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.1 % in 2000.
- How does Melanesia rank for prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Melanesia ranks 5th out of 18 groups with data for 2023.
- Is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Melanesia 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.