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Malnutrition death rate
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
27.5deaths per 100,000 people
Median: 15.1deaths per 100,000 people
Countries Covered
204
with available data
Highest
Niger
159.5deaths per 100,000 people
Lowest
Singapore
1.2deaths per 100,000 people
Top 5 Countries
1Niger159.5deaths per 100,000 people
2Chad158.9deaths per 100,000 people
3Central African Republic148.1deaths per 100,000 people
4South Sudan126.3deaths per 100,000 people
5Sierra Leone112.6deaths per 100,000 people
By Region
Africa43.5deaths per 100,000 people(9 countries)
Other36.1deaths per 100,000 people(124 countries)
Asia17.7deaths per 100,000 people(26 countries)
North America17.2deaths per 100,000 people(4 countries)
South America13.2deaths per 100,000 people(7 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (1.2deaths per 100,000 people)High (159.5deaths per 100,000 people)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 27.5deaths per 100,000 people)
Africa (9)
Other (124)
Asia (26)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 159.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 2 | Chad | 158.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 148.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 4 | South Sudan | 126.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 5 | Sierra Leone | 112.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 6 | Somalia | 104.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 7 | Mali | 101.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 8 | Nigeria | 99.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 9 | Liberia | 94.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 10 | Burundi | 91.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 11 | Guinea-Bissau | 89.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 12 | Guinea | 88.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 13 | Lesotho | 79.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 14 | Eritrea | 75.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 15 | Madagascar | 74.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 16 | Cote d'Ivoire | 73.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 17 | Cameroon | 73.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 18 | Togo | 71.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 19 | Pakistan | 70.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 20 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 69.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 69.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 22 | Benin | 68.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 23 | Republic of The Gambia | 67.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 24 | Haiti | 66.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 65.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 26 | Mozambique | 63.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 27 | Djibouti | 60.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 28 | Mauritania | 59.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 29 | Angola | 58.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 30 | Afghanistan | 55.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 31 | Papua New Guinea | 55.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 32 | Comoros | 54.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 33 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 54.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 34 | Eswatini | 53.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 35 | Burkina Faso | 53.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 36 | Timor-Leste | 53.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 37 | Malawi | 52.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 38 | Azerbaijan | 52.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 39 | Senegal | 51.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 40 | Republic of the Congo | 51.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 41 | Rwanda | 50.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 42 | Zambia | 50.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 43 | Uganda | 48.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 44 | Kiribati | 47.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 45 | Namibia | 45.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 46 | United Republic of Tanzania | 45.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 47 | Myanmar | 45.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 48 | India | 45.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 49 | Ghana | 44.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 50 | Yemen | 42.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 51 | Bangladesh | 42.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 52 | Kenya | 41.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 53 | Nepal | 39.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 54 | Equatorial Guinea | 38.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 55 | Guatemala | 37.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 56 | Venezuela | 37.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 57 | Guyana | 37.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 58 | South Africa | 37.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 59 | Sao Tome and Principe | 37.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 60 | Uzbekistan | 36.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 61 | Gabon | 36.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 62 | Philippines | 33.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 63 | Nauru | 32.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 64 | Suriname | 31.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 65 | Indonesia | 30.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 66 | Botswana | 29.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 67 | Sudan | 28.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 68 | Dominican Republic | 28.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 69 | Turkmenistan | 28.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 70 | Ecuador | 27.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 71 | Tunisia | 27.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 72 | Tajikistan | 27.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 73 | Marshall Islands | 27.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 74 | Bolivia | 26.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 75 | Bhutan | 26.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 76 | Cambodia | 26.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 77 | Tuvalu | 25.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 78 | Cape Verde | 25.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 79 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 24.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 80 | Palau | 23.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 81 | Lebanon | 22.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 82 | Iraq | 21.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 83 | Vanuatu | 21.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 84 | Grenada | 21.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 85 | Jamaica | 20.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 86 | American Samoa | 19.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 87 | Maldives | 18.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 88 | Mexico | 18.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 89 | Paraguay | 18.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 90 | Fiji | 18.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 91 | El Salvador | 17.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 17.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 93 | Mauritius | 17.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 94 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 95 | Guam | 16.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 96 | Egypt | 16.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 97 | Belize | 16.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 98 | Peru | 16.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 99 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 15.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 100 | Solomon Islands | 15.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 101 | Nicaragua | 15.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 102 | Algeria | 15.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 103 | Samoa | 14.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 104 | Northern Mariana Islands | 14.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 105 | Panama | 14.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 106 | Saint Lucia | 14.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 107 | Brazil | 13.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 108 | Morocco | 13.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 109 | Niue | 12.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 110 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 111 | Mongolia | 12.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 112 | Greenland | 12.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 113 | Colombia | 12.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 114 | Tokelau | 12.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 115 | Seychelles | 11.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 116 | North Korea | 11.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 117 | Armenia | 11.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 118 | Honduras | 11.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 119 | Kazakhstan | 11.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 120 | State of Palestine | 11.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 121 | Bahamas | 11.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 122 | Antigua and Barbuda | 10.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 123 | Türkiye | 10.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 124 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 10.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 125 | Barbados | 10.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 126 | Puerto Rico | 9.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 127 | Georgia | 9.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 128 | Argentina | 9.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 129 | Dominica | 9.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 130 | Libya | 9.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 131 | Sri Lanka | 8.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 132 | Jordan | 8.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 133 | Tonga | 8.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 134 | Vietnam | 8.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 135 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 8.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 136 | United States of America | 8.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 137 | Moldova, Republic of | 7.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 138 | Saudi Arabia | 7.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 139 | Thailand | 7.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 140 | Malaysia | 7.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 141 | Chile | 7.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 142 | Cook Islands | 6.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 143 | Costa Rica | 6.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 144 | Brunei Darussalam | 6.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 145 | Albania | 6.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 146 | Kuwait | 6.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 147 | Oman | 6.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 148 | Romania | 6.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 149 | Syrian Arab Republic | 6.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 150 | United Arab Emirates | 5.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 151 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 152 | Serbia | 5.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 153 | Uruguay | 5.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 154 | Bahrain | 5.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 155 | France | 5.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 156 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 5.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 157 | Cuba | 5.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 158 | Slovakia | 5.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 159 | Ukraine | 5.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 160 | Canada | 4.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 161 | Bulgaria | 4.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 162 | Bermuda | 4.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 163 | Qatar | 4.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 164 | United Kingdom | 4.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 165 | Montenegro | 4.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 166 | Hungary | 3.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 167 | Luxembourg | 3.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 168 | Croatia | 3.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 169 | Russian Federation | 3.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 170 | Malta | 3.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 171 | Denmark | 3.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 172 | Norway | 3.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 173 | Poland | 3.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 174 | Taiwan, Province of China | 3.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 175 | Greece | 3.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 176 | Netherlands | 3.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 177 | Germany | 3.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 178 | Czech Republic | 3.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 179 | San Marino | 3.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 180 | Australia | 3.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 181 | People's Republic of China | 3.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 182 | Cyprus | 3.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 183 | New Zealand | 3.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 184 | Andorra | 2.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 185 | Switzerland | 2.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 186 | Iceland | 2.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 187 | Latvia | 2.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 188 | Belgium | 2.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 189 | Monaco | 2.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 190 | Spain | 2.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 191 | Portugal | 2.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 192 | Austria | 2.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 193 | Belarus | 2.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 194 | Italy | 2.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 195 | Ireland | 2.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 196 | South Korea | 2.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 197 | Sweden | 2.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 198 | Lithuania | 2.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 199 | Estonia | 1.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 200 | Israel | 1.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 201 | Slovenia | 1.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 202 | Japan | 1.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 203 | Finland | 1.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 204 | Singapore | 1.2deaths per 100,000 people |
Showing 204 of 204 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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