Prevalence of undernourishment (%) by country
Countries reporting
128
Highest
54.2%
Haiti
Lowest
2.5%
Republic of Moldova
Median
7.3%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
3,413
What the numbers show
Prevalence of undernourishment (%) is currently reported for 128 countries. The highest value is 54.2% in Haiti; the lowest is 2.5% in Republic of Moldova.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.3%, and the mean is 12.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 22.
Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Syrian Arab Republic (up 348.3%), and the largest decrease in Republic of Moldova (down 91.8%).
Prevalence of undernourishment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haiti | 54.2% | 2023 | up 39.0% | flat |
| 2 | Somalia | 53.2% | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 3 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 47.0% | 2018 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 4 | Madagascar | 39.5% | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 5 | Syrian Arab Republic | 39.0% | 2023 | up 348.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 38.5% | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 7 | Zambia | 37.2% | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 8 | Kenya | 36.8% | 2023 | up 94.7% | falling |
| 9 | Liberia | 35.5% | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 10 | Chad | 32.0% | 2023 | up 34.5% | falling |
| 11 | Papua New Guinea | 28.7% | 2023 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 12 | Afghanistan | 28.1% | 2023 | up 44.8% | falling |
| 13 | Congo | 26.4% | 2023 | down 19.3% | flat |
| 14 | Melanesia | 25.5% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 15 | Gabon | 25.3% | 2023 | up 93.1% | rising |
| 16 | Rwanda | 24.4% | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 17 | Sierra Leone | 24.1% | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 18 | Botswana | 24.0% | 2023 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 19 | Angola | 22.5% | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Guinea-Bissau | 22.1% | 2023 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 21 | Uganda | 22.0% | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 22 | Mozambique | 21.8% | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 22 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 21.8% | 2023 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 24 | Malawi | 21.4% | 2023 | up 43.6% | falling |
| 25 | United Republic of Tanzania | 20.2% | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 26 | Solomon Islands | 20.0% | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 27 | Nigeria | 19.9% | 2023 | up 74.6% | rising |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 19.7% | 2023 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 28 | Zimbabwe | 19.7% | 2023 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 30 | Timor-Leste | 18.7% | 2023 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 31 | Namibia | 18.1% | 2023 | down 22.3% | flat |
| 32 | Sao Tome and Principe | 17.4% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Nicaragua | 17.3% | 2022 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 34 | Gambia | 16.8% | 2023 | up 51.4% | flat |
| 35 | Libya | 16.5% | 2023 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 35 | Pakistan | 16.5% | 2023 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 37 | Comoros | 15.4% | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 38 | Iraq | 14.9% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 39 | Honduras | 14.8% | 2023 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 40 | Eswatini | 14.7% | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 41 | Benin | 14.3% | 2023 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 41 | Jordan | 14.3% | 2023 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 43 | Cabo Verde | 13.5% | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 13.1% | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 45 | Djibouti | 12.9% | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 45 | Niger | 12.9% | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 47 | Mali | 12.3% | 2023 | up 136.5% | falling |
| 48 | Ecuador | 12.1% | 2023 | up 42.4% | falling |
| 49 | India | 12.0% | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 50 | Guatemala | 11.8% | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 51 | Guinea | 11.4% | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 52 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.2% | 2023 | up 67.2% | falling |
| 53 | Côte d'Ivoire | 11.1% | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 54 | Sudan | 11.0% | 2021 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 55 | Bangladesh | 10.4% | 2023 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 56 | Suriname | 9.7% | 2023 | up 24.4% | flat |
| 57 | Egypt | 9.4% | 2023 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 58 | Togo | 9.1% | 2023 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 59 | Lebanon | 8.7% | 2023 | up 81.2% | rising |
| 59 | Mauritania | 8.7% | 2023 | up 42.6% | falling |
| 59 | Mauritius | 8.7% | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 62 | Tajikistan | 8.4% | 2023 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Jamaica | 7.7% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Sri Lanka | 7.4% | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 65 | Vanuatu | 7.2% | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 66 | Belize | 7.0% | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 66 | Morocco | 7.0% | 2023 | up 70.7% | rising |
| 68 | Peru | 6.9% | 2023 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Ukraine | 6.9% | 2023 | up 165.4% | rising |
| 70 | Fiji | 6.8% | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 70 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 6.8% | 2023 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 72 | El Salvador | 6.7% | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 73 | Ghana | 6.3% | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 73 | Indonesia | 6.3% | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 75 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.1% | 2023 | up 27.1% | falling |
| 76 | Oman | 5.9% | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 76 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 5.9% | 2023 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Panama | 5.7% | 2023 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Albania | 5.4% | 2023 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 79 | Myanmar | 5.4% | 2023 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Nepal | 5.3% | 2023 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Viet Nam | 5.3% | 2023 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 83 | Cambodia | 5.2% | 2023 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 83 | Paraguay | 5.2% | 2023 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 85 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.1% | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 85 | Senegal | 5.1% | 2023 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 87 | New Caledonia | 4.9% | 2023 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 88 | Cameroon | 4.8% | 2023 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Thailand | 4.6% | 2023 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 90 | Barbados | 4.4% | 2023 | up 76.0% | falling |
| 91 | Turkmenistan | 4.3% | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 92 | Kiribati | 4.1% | 2023 | up 32.3% | falling |
| 93 | Colombia | 3.9% | 2023 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 94 | French Polynesia | 3.8% | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 95 | Polynesia | 3.7% | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 96 | Dominica | 3.6% | 2023 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 3.6% | 2023 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Samoa | 3.6% | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 99 | Argentina | 3.4% | 2023 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 99 | Belarus | 3.4% | 2005 | — | rising |
| 101 | Armenia | 3.2% | 2009 | down 88.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Brazil | 3.2% | 2022 | up 18.5% | falling |
| 101 | Türkiye | 3.2% | 2008 | down 75.2% | falling |
| 104 | Azerbaijan | 3.1% | 2006 | down 82.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Mongolia | 3.1% | 2021 | down 79.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Slovakia | 3.1% | 2023 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 107 | Cyprus | 3.0% | 2007 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 107 | Montenegro | 3.0% | 2006 | down 68.1% | falling |
| 107 | Philippines | 3.0% | 2023 | down 78.1% | falling |
| 107 | Tunisia | 3.0% | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 111 | China | 2.9% | 2009 | down 71.0% | falling |
| 111 | Georgia | 2.9% | 2022 | down 62.8% | falling |
| 111 | North Macedonia | 2.9% | 2021 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 114 | Bulgaria | 2.8% | 2020 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 114 | Croatia | 2.8% | 2011 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Uzbekistan | 2.8% | 2011 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Costa Rica | 2.7% | 2014 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 117 | Mexico | 2.7% | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 117 | Malaysia | 2.7% | 2020 | down 22.9% | flat |
| 117 | Saudi Arabia | 2.7% | 2014 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 117 | Seychelles | 2.7% | 2019 | down 37.2% | flat |
| 122 | Serbia | 2.6% | 2005 | — | falling |
| 123 | United Arab Emirates | 2.5% | 2020 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 123 | Chile | 2.5% | 2023 | down 26.5% | flat |
| 123 | Algeria | 2.5% | 2017 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 123 | Guyana | 2.5% | 2020 | down 74.2% | falling |
| 123 | Kazakhstan | 2.5% | 2013 | down 64.8% | falling |
| 123 | Republic of Moldova | 2.5% | 2016 | down 91.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle Africa 30.2%
- Central African Republic 29.8%
- Eastern Africa 25.9%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 23.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 22.3%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 21.7%
- Africa 20.2%
- Caribbean 17.5%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 17.2%
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 16.9%
- Western Africa 16.5%
- Western Asia 12.7%