Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — Value in Central Asia
Central Asia: Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — Value was 2.8 % in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — Value in Central Asia, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value in Central Asia is 2.8 %, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 41.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value in Central Asia peaked at 17.6 % in 2002 and was at its lowest, 2.8 %, in 2024.
That places Central Asia 23rd out of 26 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — Value in Central Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 14.6 % | — |
| 2001 | 16.8 % | +15.1% |
| 2002 | 17.6 % | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 16.4 % | -6.8% |
| 2004 | 14.8 % | -9.8% |
| 2005 | 13.5 % | -8.8% |
| 2006 | 12.2 % | -9.6% |
| 2007 | 10.7 % | -12.3% |
| 2008 | 9.6 % | -10.3% |
| 2009 | 8.5 % | -11.5% |
| 2010 | 7.7 % | -9.4% |
| 2011 | 6.4 % | -16.9% |
| 2012 | 6 % | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 5.8 % | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 5.2 % | -10.3% |
| 2015 | 4.8 % | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 4.5 % | -6.2% |
| 2017 | 4 % | -11.1% |
| 2018 | 3.5 % | -12.5% |
| 2019 | 3.3 % | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 4 % | +21.2% |
| 2021 | 3.9 % | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 3.3 % | -15.4% |
| 2023 | 3 % | -9.1% |
| 2024 | 2.8 % | -6.7% |
| 2025 | 2.8 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.47 % | 8.5 % | 17.6 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.12 % | 3.3 % | 7.7 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.3 % | 2.8 % | 4 % | 6 |
More agriculture & rural data for Central Asia
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -8.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -6.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual -8.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -8.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate -8.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -8.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 0.735 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -2.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value in Central Asia?
- Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value in Central Asia was 2.8 % 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 Central Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 17.6 % in 2002.
- What is the lowest prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value recorded in Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.8 % in 2024.
- How does Central Asia rank for prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value?
- Central Asia ranks 23rd out of 26 groups with data for 2025.
- Is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value rising or falling in Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central Asia 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.