Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Somalia
Somalia: Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 56.5 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Somalia, 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 Somalia stood at 56.5 %.
The figure is up 3.7% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Somalia peaked at 72.5 % in 2009 and was at its lowest, 52 %, in 2020.
That places Somalia 1st out of 116 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Somalia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 70 % | — |
| 2001 | 69.9 % | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 69.8 % | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 69.7 % | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 69.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 69.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 69.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 69.8 % | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 71.8 % | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 72.5 % | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 71.5 % | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 67.4 % | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 63.2 % | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 61.4 % | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 60.7 % | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 60.1 % | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 58.9 % | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 56.1 % | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 53.8 % | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 52.1 % | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 52 % | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 52.5 % | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 54.5 % | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 56.5 % | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 70.26 % | 69.7 % | 72.5 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 60.52 % | 52.1 % | 71.5 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.88 % | 52 % | 56.5 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 2 Haiti 51.4 % compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 39.5 % compare
- 3 Madagascar 41.8 % compare
- 4 Zambia 41 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.2% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 55.8% (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 575.39 million current US$ (1990)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 55.8% (1990)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Somalia?
- Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Somalia was 56.5 % 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 72.5 % in 2009.
- What is the lowest prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 52 % in 2020.
- How does Somalia rank for prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Somalia ranks 1st out of 116 countries with data for 2023.
- Is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia 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.