Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — Value in Melanesia
Melanesia: Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — Value was 26.9 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — Value in Melanesia, 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 Melanesia is 26.9 %, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value in Melanesia peaked at 28.1 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 21.6 %, in 2002.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — Value in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 22.6 % | — |
| 2001 | 22.1 % | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 21.6 % | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 24.5 % | +13.4% |
| 2004 | 23.9 % | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 24.2 % | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 22.3 % | -7.9% |
| 2007 | 24.3 % | +9.0% |
| 2008 | 23 % | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 23.8 % | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 27.4 % | +15.1% |
| 2011 | 26.1 % | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 24.9 % | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 24.3 % | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 23.3 % | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 25.4 % | +9.0% |
| 2016 | 25 % | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 24.6 % | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 25.6 % | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 25.3 % | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 23.9 % | -5.5% |
| 2021 | 26.2 % | +9.6% |
| 2022 | 25.2 % | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 28.1 % | +11.5% |
| 2024 | 27.1 % | -3.6% |
| 2025 | 26.9 % | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.23 % | 21.6 % | 24.5 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.19 % | 23.3 % | 27.4 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.23 % | 23.9 % | 28.1 % | 6 |
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 1.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -12.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -0.0124 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 2.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 2.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.1988 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 0.1818 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -4.15 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value in Melanesia?
- Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value in Melanesia was 26.9 % 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 Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 28.1 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.6 % in 2002.
- How does Melanesia rank for prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value?
- Melanesia ranks 2nd out of 6 groups with data for 2025.
- Is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Melanesia 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.