Prevalence of undernourishment by country
Countries reporting
169
Highest
54.2
Haiti
Lowest
2.5
Uzbekistan
Median
5.2
Years covered
23
2001–2023
Data points
3,850
What the numbers show
Prevalence of undernourishment is currently reported for 169 countries. The highest value is 54.2 in Haiti; the lowest is 2.5 in Uzbekistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.2, and the mean is 9.93.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 22.
Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 348.3%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 79.0%).
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 | North Korea | 47 | 2018 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 4 | Madagascar | 39.5 | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 5 | Syria | 39 | 2023 | up 348.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of 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 | 2023 | up 34.5% | falling |
| 11 | Central African Republic | 29.8 | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 12 | Papua New Guinea | 28.7 | 2023 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 13 | Afghanistan | 28.1 | 2023 | up 44.8% | falling |
| 14 | Congo | 26.4 | 2023 | down 19.3% | flat |
| 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 | 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 | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 22 | Bolivia | 21.8 | 2023 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 22 | Mozambique | 21.8 | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 24 | Malawi | 21.4 | 2023 | up 43.6% | falling |
| 25 | Tanzania | 20.2 | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 26 | Solomon Islands | 20 | 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 | East Timor | 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 | Cape 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 | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 50 | Guatemala | 11.8 | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 51 | Guinea | 11.4 | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 52 | Macao | 11.2 | 2023 | up 47.4% | falling |
| 52 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.2 | 2023 | up 67.2% | falling |
| 54 | Cote d'Ivoire | 11.1 | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 55 | Sudan | 11 | 2021 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 56 | Bangladesh | 10.4 | 2023 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 57 | South Africa | 10 | 2023 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 58 | Suriname | 9.7 | 2023 | up 24.4% | flat |
| 59 | Egypt | 9.4 | 2023 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 60 | Togo | 9.1 | 2023 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 61 | Lebanon | 8.7 | 2023 | up 81.2% | rising |
| 61 | Mauritania | 8.7 | 2023 | up 42.6% | falling |
| 61 | Mauritius | 8.7 | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 64 | Tajikistan | 8.4 | 2023 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Jamaica | 7.7 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 7.4 | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 67 | Vanuatu | 7.2 | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 68 | Belize | 7 | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 68 | Morocco | 7 | 2023 | up 70.7% | rising |
| 70 | Peru | 6.9 | 2023 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Ukraine | 6.9 | 2023 | up 176.0% | rising |
| 72 | Fiji | 6.8 | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 72 | Iran | 6.8 | 2023 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 74 | El Salvador | 6.7 | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 75 | Ghana | 6.3 | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 75 | Indonesia | 6.3 | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 77 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.1 | 2023 | up 27.1% | falling |
| 78 | Oman | 5.9 | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 78 | Venezuela | 5.9 | 2023 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Panama | 5.7 | 2023 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Albania | 5.4 | 2023 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 81 | Myanmar | 5.4 | 2023 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Nepal | 5.3 | 2023 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Vietnam | 5.3 | 2023 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 85 | Cambodia | 5.2 | 2023 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 85 | Paraguay | 5.2 | 2023 | up 108.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.1 | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 87 | Senegal | 5.1 | 2023 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 89 | New Caledonia | 4.9 | 2023 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 90 | Cameroon | 4.8 | 2023 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Thailand | 4.6 | 2023 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 92 | Barbados | 4.4 | 2023 | up 76.0% | falling |
| 93 | Turkmenistan | 4.3 | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 94 | Kiribati | 4.1 | 2023 | up 32.3% | falling |
| 95 | Colombia | 3.9 | 2023 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 96 | French Polynesia | 3.8 | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 96 | Taiwan | 3.8 | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 98 | Dominica | 3.6 | 2023 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 98 | Dominican Republic | 3.6 | 2023 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Samoa | 3.6 | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 101 | Argentina | 3.4 | 2023 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 102 | Hong Kong | 3.1 | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 102 | Slovakia | 3.1 | 2023 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 104 | Philippines | 3 | 2023 | down 78.1% | falling |
| 104 | Tunisia | 3 | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 106 | Mexico | 2.7 | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 107 | United Arab Emirates | 2.5 | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 107 | Armenia | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 107 | Australia | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Austria | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Azerbaijan | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 107 | Belgium | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Bulgaria | 2.5 | 2023 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 107 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 107 | Belarus | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 107 | Brazil | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 107 | Canada | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Switzerland | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Chile | 2.5 | 2023 | down 26.5% | flat |
| 107 | China | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 107 | Costa Rica | 2.5 | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 107 | Cuba | 2.5 | 2006 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Cyprus | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 107 | Czechia | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Germany | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Denmark | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Algeria | 2.5 | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 107 | Spain | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Estonia | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 107 | Finland | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | France | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | United Kingdom | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Georgia | 2.5 | 2023 | down 66.2% | falling |
| 107 | Greece | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Guyana | 2.5 | 2023 | down 63.8% | falling |
| 107 | Croatia | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 107 | Hungary | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Ireland | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Iceland | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Israel | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Italy | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Kazakhstan | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 107 | South Korea | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Kuwait | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Lithuania | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Luxembourg | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Latvia | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 107 | Moldova | 2.5 | 2023 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 107 | North Macedonia | 2.5 | 2023 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 107 | Malta | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Montenegro | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 107 | Mongolia | 2.5 | 2023 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Malaysia | 2.5 | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 107 | Netherlands | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Norway | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | New Zealand | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Poland | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Portugal | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Romania | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Russia | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 107 | Saudi Arabia | 2.5 | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 107 | Serbia | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 107 | Slovenia | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Sweden | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Seychelles | 2.5 | 2023 | down 51.9% | flat |
| 107 | Turkey | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 107 | Uruguay | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 107 | United States | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Uzbekistan | 2.5 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |