Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — Value in Small island developing states (SIDS)
Small island developing states (SIDS): Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — Value was 16.3 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — Value in Small island developing states (SIDS), 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value in Small island developing states (SIDS) stood at 16.3 %.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value in Small island developing states (SIDS) peaked at 18.8 % in 2003 and was at its lowest, 13.2 %, in 2017.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — Value in Small island developing states (SIDS), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 17.4 % | — |
| 2001 | 17.3 % | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 16.8 % | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 18.8 % | +11.9% |
| 2004 | 17.8 % | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 17.2 % | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 16.2 % | -5.8% |
| 2007 | 15.8 % | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 15.1 % | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 14.5 % | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 14.8 % | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 14.6 % | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 14.3 % | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 13.8 % | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 13.5 % | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 13.8 % | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 13.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 13.2 % | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 13.8 % | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 14 % | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 14.4 % | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 15 % | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 16.6 % | +10.7% |
| 2023 | 16.9 % | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 16.5 % | -2.4% |
| 2025 | 16.3 % | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.69 % | 14.5 % | 18.8 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.96 % | 13.2 % | 14.8 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.95 % | 14.4 % | 16.9 % | 6 |
More agriculture & rural data for Small island developing states (SIDS)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -0.4192 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -3.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate 1.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 1.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -0.4192 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate -0.4121 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate -19.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 32.01 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value in Small island developing states (SIDS)?
- Prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value in Small island developing states (SIDS) was 16.3 % 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 Small island developing states (SIDS)?
- The highest recorded value was 18.8 % in 2003.
- What is the lowest prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value recorded in Small island developing states (SIDS)?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.2 % in 2017.
- How does Small island developing states (SIDS) rank for prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value?
- Small island developing states (SIDS) ranks 4th out of 6 groups with data for 2025.
- Is prevalence of undernourishment (percent) (annual value) — value rising or falling in Small island developing states (SIDS)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Small island developing states (SIDS) 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.