Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Oman
Oman: Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 7.1 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Oman, 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 Oman stood at 7.1 %.
The figure is up 9.2% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Oman peaked at 16.3 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 3.5 %, in 2008.
That places Oman 59th out of 116 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Oman, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 16.3 % | — |
| 2001 | 15.1 % | -7.4% |
| 2002 | 14.1 % | -6.6% |
| 2003 | 11.8 % | -16.3% |
| 2004 | 9.4 % | -20.3% |
| 2005 | 7.4 % | -21.3% |
| 2006 | 5.8 % | -21.6% |
| 2007 | 4.5 % | -22.4% |
| 2008 | 3.5 % | -22.2% |
| 2009 | 3.5 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5 % | +42.9% |
| 2011 | 6.7 % | +34.0% |
| 2012 | 7.5 % | +11.9% |
| 2013 | 7.4 % | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 7.7 % | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 7.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 7.5 % | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 6.7 % | -10.7% |
| 2018 | 6.1 % | -9.0% |
| 2019 | 5.9 % | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 5.8 % | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 6.4 % | +10.3% |
| 2022 | 6.5 % | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 7.1 % | +9.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.14 % | 3.5 % | 16.3 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.82 % | 5 % | 7.7 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.45 % | 5.8 % | 7.1 % | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Oman
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0281 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 560.19 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.86 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2052 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.81 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.81 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Oman?
- Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Oman was 7.1 % 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 Oman?
- The highest recorded value was 16.3 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Oman?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.5 % in 2008.
- How does Oman rank for prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Oman ranks 59th out of 116 countries with data for 2023.
- Is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Oman?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Oman 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.