Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 10.6 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Southern Asia, 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 Southern Asia stood at 10.6 %. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 10.9% on the previous year and down 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Southern Asia peaked at 20.1 % in 2003 and was at its lowest, 10.6 %, in 2023.
That places Southern Asia 15th out of 28 groups 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 Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 18 % | — |
| 2001 | 19.1 % | +6.1% |
| 2002 | 20 % | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 20.1 % | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 19.5 % | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 17.7 % | -9.2% |
| 2006 | 16 % | -9.6% |
| 2007 | 15.1 % | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 15 % | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 14.7 % | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 14.5 % | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 13.6 % | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 12.9 % | -5.1% |
| 2013 | 12.7 % | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 12.5 % | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 11.9 % | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 10.9 % | -8.4% |
| 2017 | 10.7 % | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 11.7 % | +9.3% |
| 2019 | 12.8 % | +9.4% |
| 2020 | 13.6 % | +6.2% |
| 2021 | 13.2 % | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 11.9 % | -9.8% |
| 2023 | 10.6 % | -10.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.52 % | 14.7 % | 20.1 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.42 % | 10.7 % | 14.5 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.32 % | 10.6 % | 13.6 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6.7 % compare
- 12 Sierra Leone 25.3 % compare
- 13 Congo 25 % compare
- 13 Côte d'Ivoire 11.4 % compare
- 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
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- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -1.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 2.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate 3.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 7.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 7.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -0.0697 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Southern Asia?
- Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value in Southern Asia was 10.6 % 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 20.1 % in 2003.
- What is the lowest prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.6 % in 2023.
- How does Southern Asia rank for prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Southern Asia ranks 15th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.