Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 29.3 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Middle Africa, 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 Middle Africa stood at 29.3 %.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Middle Africa peaked at 33.9 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 23.2 %, in 2009.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 33.9 % | — |
| 2001 | 33.1 % | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 31.8 % | -3.9% |
| 2003 | 30.2 % | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 28.4 % | -6.0% |
| 2005 | 26.7 % | -6.0% |
| 2006 | 25.2 % | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 24 % | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 23.4 % | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 23.2 % | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 23.7 % | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 23.8 % | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 23.4 % | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 23.5 % | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 24.3 % | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 25.2 % | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 25.6 % | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 25.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 26.2 % | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 26.4 % | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 27.3 % | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 28.4 % | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 29.4 % | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 29.3 % | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 27.99 % | 23.2 % | 33.9 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.77 % | 23.4 % | 26.4 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.6 % | 27.3 % | 29.4 % | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Middle Africa?
- Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Middle Africa was 29.3 % 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 33.9 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.2 % in 2009.
- How does Middle Africa rank for prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Middle Africa ranks 4th out of 18 regions with data for 2023.
- Is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.