Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — Value in Caribbean
Caribbean: Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — Value was 16.6 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — Value in Caribbean, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 16.6 % for prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value in 2025.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 30.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value in Caribbean peaked at 19.8 % in 2003 and was at its lowest, 12.6 %, in 2014.
That places Caribbean 9th out of 26 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — Value in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 17.2 % | — |
| 2001 | 17.5 % | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 17.3 % | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 19.8 % | +14.5% |
| 2004 | 18.6 % | -6.1% |
| 2005 | 17.8 % | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 16.9 % | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 16 % | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 15.5 % | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 14.6 % | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 14.2 % | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 13.9 % | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 14.1 % | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 13.4 % | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 12.6 % | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 12.7 % | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 13 % | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 12.7 % | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 13.3 % | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 13.4 % | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 14.5 % | +8.2% |
| 2021 | 14.4 % | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 17.2 % | +19.4% |
| 2023 | 17 % | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 16.5 % | -2.9% |
| 2025 | 16.6 % | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.12 % | 14.6 % | 19.8 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.33 % | 12.6 % | 14.2 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.03 % | 14.4 % | 17.2 % | 6 |
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- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -0.8902 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate -0.6492 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -0.8902 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual -0.5077 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 35.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 7.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate -20.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -11.05 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value in Caribbean?
- Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value in Caribbean was 16.6 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 19.8 % in 2003.
- What is the lowest prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.6 % in 2014.
- How does Caribbean rank for prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value?
- Caribbean ranks 9th out of 26 groups with data for 2025.
- Is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — 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.