Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 10 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Northern Africa, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Northern Africa is 10 %, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.5% on the previous year and up 75.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Northern Africa peaked at 10 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5.6 %, in 2010.
Northern Africa ranks 17th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7 % | — |
| 2001 | 6.7 % | -4.3% |
| 2002 | 6.8 % | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 6.9 % | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 6.7 % | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 6.4 % | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 6.1 % | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 5.8 % | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 5.7 % | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 5.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5.6 % | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 5.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 5.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 5.7 % | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 5.8 % | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 6 % | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 6 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 6.1 % | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 6.2 % | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 6.7 % | +8.1% |
| 2020 | 7.3 % | +9.0% |
| 2021 | 8.6 % | +17.8% |
| 2022 | 9.3 % | +8.1% |
| 2023 | 10 % | +7.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.38 % | 5.7 % | 7 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.93 % | 5.6 % | 6.7 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.8 % | 7.3 % | 10 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 14 Malawi 24.5 % compare
- 14 Viet Nam 6.1 % compare
- 15 Gabon 23.3 % compare
- 15 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5.3 % compare
- 16 Sao Tome and Principe 23 % compare
- 16 Türkiye 3.1 % compare
- 17 Rwanda 22.6 % compare
- 17 Polynesia 2.9 % compare
- 18 Mozambique 22.3 % compare
- 18 Republic of Moldova 2.7 % compare
- 19 Cabo Verde 8.1 % compare
- 19 Nigeria 22.2 % compare
- 20 Uganda 20.9 % compare
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- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.7 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate -2.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -0.8107 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.4258 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 4.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Northern Africa?
- Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Northern Africa was 10 % 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 10 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.6 % in 2010.
- How does Northern Africa rank for prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Northern Africa ranks 17th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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.