Prevalence of undernourishment (%) by country
Countries reporting
140
Highest
56.5%
Somalia
Lowest
2.5%
Mongolia
Median
8.1%
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
3,715
What the numbers show
Prevalence of undernourishment (%) is currently reported for 140 countries. The highest value is 56.5% in Somalia; the lowest is 2.5% in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.1%, and the mean is 12.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23.
Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 304.0%), and the largest decrease in Moldova (down 90.3%).
Prevalence of undernourishment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somalia | 56.5% | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 2 | Haiti | 51.4% | 2024 | up 36.3% | flat |
| 3 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 47.0% | 2018 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 4 | Madagascar | 41.8% | 2024 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 5 | Zambia | 41.0% | 2024 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 6 | Syria | 40.8% | 2024 | up 304.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Syrian Arab Republic | 40.8% | 2024 | up 304.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 39.5% | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 9 | Liberia | 37.3% | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 10 | Kenya | 34.9% | 2024 | up 79.9% | flat |
| 11 | Chad | 33.6% | 2024 | up 33.9% | flat |
| 12 | Papua New Guinea | 30.5% | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 13 | Central African Republic | 29.8% | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 14 | Afghanistan | 27.8% | 2024 | up 44.0% | falling |
| 15 | Solomon Islands | 27.0% | 2024 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 16 | Melanesia | 26.9% | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 17 | Sierra Leone | 25.3% | 2024 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 18 | Congo | 25.0% | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 19 | Malawi | 24.5% | 2024 | up 58.1% | flat |
| 20 | Gabon | 23.3% | 2024 | up 70.1% | rising |
| 21 | Sao Tome and Principe | 23.0% | 2024 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 22 | Rwanda | 22.6% | 2024 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 23 | Mozambique | 22.3% | 2024 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 24 | Nigeria | 22.2% | 2024 | up 94.7% | rising |
| 25 | Uganda | 20.9% | 2024 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 26 | Namibia | 20.1% | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 27 | Guinea-Bissau | 20.0% | 2024 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 19.9% | 2024 | up 27.6% | falling |
| 29 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 19.5% | 2024 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 30 | South Sudan | 19.1% | 2024 | — | falling |
| 30 | United Republic of Tanzania | 19.1% | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 32 | Libya | 18.7% | 2024 | up 92.8% | rising |
| 33 | Zimbabwe | 18.4% | 2024 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 34 | Botswana | 18.2% | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 35 | Gambia | 17.5% | 2024 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 36 | Angola | 17.4% | 2024 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Nicaragua | 17.3% | 2022 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 38 | East Timor | 16.9% | 2024 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Timor-Leste | 16.9% | 2024 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Caribbean | 16.6% | 2025 | up 30.7% | falling |
| 41 | Comoros | 16.5% | 2024 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 42 | Pakistan | 16.1% | 2024 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 43 | Eswatini | 15.1% | 2024 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 44 | Djibouti | 14.7% | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 45 | Honduras | 14.3% | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 46 | Iraq | 13.4% | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 47 | Niger | 12.9% | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 48 | Guatemala | 12.7% | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 48 | Suriname | 12.7% | 2024 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 50 | Jordan | 12.2% | 2024 | up 69.4% | rising |
| 51 | Mali | 12.1% | 2024 | up 101.7% | falling |
| 52 | Burkina Faso | 11.7% | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 53 | Cote d'Ivoire | 11.4% | 2024 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 53 | Côte d'Ivoire | 11.4% | 2024 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 55 | South Africa | 11.2% | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 56 | Benin | 11.1% | 2024 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 56 | Lebanon | 11.1% | 2024 | up 91.4% | rising |
| 58 | Mauritania | 11.0% | 2024 | up 66.7% | flat |
| 59 | Sudan | 10.9% | 2021 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 60 | Ecuador | 10.8% | 2024 | up 27.1% | falling |
| 60 | Ukraine | 10.8% | 2024 | up 300.0% | rising |
| 62 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.4% | 2024 | up 79.3% | falling |
| 63 | Togo | 10.2% | 2024 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 64 | Laos | 10.0% | 2024 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 10.0% | 2024 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 66 | India | 9.8% | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 67 | Guinea | 8.7% | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 68 | Egypt | 8.4% | 2024 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 69 | Bangladesh | 8.2% | 2024 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 70 | Cabo Verde | 8.1% | 2024 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 71 | Jamaica | 8.0% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 71 | Tajikistan | 8.0% | 2024 | down 59.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Fiji | 7.2% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 74 | Oman | 7.1% | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 75 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 6.7% | 2024 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 76 | Morocco | 6.5% | 2024 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 77 | Ghana | 6.4% | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 78 | Indonesia | 6.3% | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 79 | Vietnam | 6.1% | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 79 | Viet Nam | 6.1% | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 81 | Vanuatu | 5.8% | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 82 | Peru | 5.7% | 2024 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Albania | 5.6% | 2024 | up 21.7% | falling |
| 84 | Thailand | 5.4% | 2024 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 85 | Senegal | 5.3% | 2024 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 85 | El Salvador | 5.3% | 2024 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 85 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 5.3% | 2024 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Nepal | 5.2% | 2024 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Barbados | 5.0% | 2024 | up 92.3% | falling |
| 90 | Cameroon | 4.9% | 2024 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Sri Lanka | 4.9% | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 90 | Mauritius | 4.9% | 2024 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 93 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.8% | 2024 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 94 | Cambodia | 4.7% | 2024 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 94 | Panama | 4.7% | 2024 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Myanmar | 4.6% | 2024 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Belize | 4.4% | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 98 | Colombia | 4.1% | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 98 | New Caledonia | 4.1% | 2024 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 98 | Paraguay | 4.1% | 2024 | up 64.0% | falling |
| 98 | Turkmenistan | 4.1% | 2024 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 102 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.0% | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 103 | Kiribati | 3.8% | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 104 | Philippines | 3.4% | 2024 | down 74.0% | falling |
| 104 | Samoa | 3.4% | 2024 | down 27.7% | flat |
| 106 | Armenia | 3.1% | 2009 | down 89.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Azerbaijan | 3.1% | 2006 | down 82.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Mexico | 3.1% | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 106 | Slovakia | 3.1% | 2023 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 106 | Turkey | 3.1% | 2009 | down 89.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Türkiye | 3.1% | 2009 | down 89.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Cyprus | 3.0% | 2007 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 112 | Dominica | 3.0% | 2024 | down 67.7% | flat |
| 112 | Montenegro | 3.0% | 2006 | down 68.1% | falling |
| 115 | China | 2.9% | 2009 | down 71.0% | falling |
| 115 | Guyana | 2.9% | 2020 | down 70.4% | falling |
| 117 | Argentina | 2.8% | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 117 | Dominican Republic | 2.8% | 2023 | down 70.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Tunisia | 2.8% | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 120 | Brazil | 2.7% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 120 | Georgia | 2.7% | 2023 | down 65.8% | falling |
| 120 | Croatia | 2.7% | 2006 | down 74.5% | falling |
| 120 | Moldova | 2.7% | 2016 | down 90.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Malaysia | 2.7% | 2020 | down 22.9% | flat |
| 120 | Saudi Arabia | 2.7% | 2014 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 120 | Seychelles | 2.7% | 2019 | down 37.2% | flat |
| 120 | Republic of Moldova | 2.7% | 2016 | down 90.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Bulgaria | 2.6% | 2020 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 128 | Belarus | 2.6% | 2007 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 128 | Chile | 2.6% | 2020 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 128 | Costa Rica | 2.6% | 2012 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 128 | Algeria | 2.6% | 2018 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 128 | North Macedonia | 2.6% | 2012 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 128 | French Polynesia | 2.6% | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 128 | Serbia | 2.6% | 2005 | — | falling |
| 128 | Uzbekistan | 2.6% | 2011 | down 86.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Polynesia | 2.6% | 2025 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 138 | United Arab Emirates | 2.5% | 2020 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 138 | Kazakhstan | 2.5% | 2020 | down 67.1% | falling |
| 138 | Mongolia | 2.5% | 2022 | down 80.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle Africa 28.9%
- Eastern Africa 25.6%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 24.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 22.2%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 20.9%
- Africa 20.0%
- Western Africa 16.9%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 16.8%
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 16.3%
- Western Asia 13.0%
- Southern Africa 12.3%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 11.5%
- China, Macao Special Administrative Region 11.2%
- Northern Africa 9.8%
- Southern Asia 9.3%
- Central and Southern Asia 9.1%
- Oceania 8.0%
- World 7.8%
- Asia 6.0%
- Central America 5.1%
- South-Eastern Asia 5.1%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 4.8%
- Other non-specified areas in Eastern Asia 3.6%
- South America 3.5%
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3.1%
- Americas 3.0%
- Central Asia 2.8%
- Eastern Asia 2.6%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 2.6%