Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — Value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — Value was 20.9 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — Value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 20.9 %, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 30.5 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 19 %, in 2014.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — Value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 30.5 % | — |
| 2001 | 29.3 % | -3.9% |
| 2002 | 28.4 % | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 27.4 % | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 26.4 % | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 24.8 % | -6.1% |
| 2006 | 23.5 % | -5.2% |
| 2007 | 22.1 % | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 21 % | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 20.2 % | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 20 % | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 19.9 % | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 19.7 % | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 19.5 % | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 19 % | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 19.4 % | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 21.1 % | +8.8% |
| 2017 | 20 % | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 19.8 % | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 20.9 % | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 20.2 % | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 20.6 % | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 20.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 21.3 % | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 21.4 % | +0.5% |
| 2025 | 20.9 % | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.36 % | 20.2 % | 30.5 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.93 % | 19 % | 21.1 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.83 % | 20.2 % | 21.4 % | 6 |
More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 6.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -0.0991 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 5.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 4.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 4.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -1.34 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 20.9 % 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 30.5 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 19 % in 2014.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 3rd out of 6 groups with data for 2025.
- Is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 26 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
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.