health2023

Nutritional deficiencies

Name: Nutritional deficiencies
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: health, %, nutritional, deficiencies

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•204 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

0.5%

Median: 0.3%

Countries Covered

204

with available data

Highest

Niger

3.2%

Lowest

Ukraine

0.0%

Top 5 Countries

1Niger3.2%

2Zimbabwe2.5%

3Afghanistan2.0%

4Eritrea1.9%

5Kiribati1.9%

By Region

North America0.7%(4 countries)

Africa0.6%(9 countries)

Other0.6%(124 countries)

South America0.5%(7 countries)

Asia0.3%(26 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (3.2%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.5%)

North America (4)

Africa (9)

Other (124)

South America (7)

Asia (26)

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	3.2%
2	Zimbabwe	2.5%
3	Afghanistan	2.0%
4	Eritrea	1.9%
5	Kiribati	1.9%
6	Sao Tome and Principe	1.8%
7	Nigeria	1.8%
8	Timor-Leste	1.6%
9	South Sudan	1.5%
10	Chad	1.5%
11	Burundi	1.4%
12	Benin	1.3%
13	Papua New Guinea	1.3%
14	Djibouti	1.3%
15	Somalia	1.3%
16	Mali	1.2%
17	Guatemala	1.2%
18	Haiti	1.2%
19	Indonesia	1.1%
20	Madagascar	1.1%
21	Sierra Leone	1.0%
22	Namibia	1.0%
23	Guinea	1.0%
24	Bolivia	1.0%
25	Peru	1.0%
26	Ethiopia	0.9%
27	Zambia	0.9%
28	Philippines	0.9%
29	France	0.9%
30	Mozambique	0.9%
31	Guinea-Bissau	0.9%
32	Mexico	0.9%
33	Comoros	0.8%
34	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.8%
35	Bangladesh	0.8%
36	Angola	0.8%
37	Botswana	0.8%
38	Guyana	0.8%
39	Central African Republic	0.8%
40	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.8%
41	Liberia	0.8%
42	Nepal	0.8%
43	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.8%
44	United Republic of Tanzania	0.8%
45	Mauritania	0.8%
46	El Salvador	0.8%
47	Republic of The Gambia	0.8%
48	Ghana	0.8%
49	Senegal	0.7%
50	Burkina Faso	0.7%
51	Cameroon	0.7%
52	Uganda	0.7%
53	Cote d'Ivoire	0.7%
54	Ecuador	0.7%
55	Togo	0.7%
56	Honduras	0.7%
57	Yemen	0.7%
58	Norway	0.6%
59	Colombia	0.6%
60	American Samoa	0.6%
61	United States of America	0.6%
62	Cambodia	0.6%
63	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.6%
64	Eswatini	0.6%
65	Panama	0.6%
66	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.6%
67	Rwanda	0.6%
68	Nicaragua	0.5%
69	Pakistan	0.5%
70	Malawi	0.5%
71	Belize	0.5%
72	Republic of the Congo	0.5%
73	India	0.5%
74	Virgin Islands, U.S.	0.5%
75	South Africa	0.5%
76	Paraguay	0.5%
77	Cape Verde	0.4%
78	Saint Lucia	0.4%
79	Maldives	0.4%
80	Lesotho	0.4%
81	Antigua and Barbuda	0.4%
82	Oman	0.4%
83	Niue	0.4%
84	Tokelau	0.4%
85	Luxembourg	0.4%
86	Kenya	0.4%
87	Venezuela	0.4%
88	Vanuatu	0.4%
89	Gabon	0.4%
90	Solomon Islands	0.3%
91	Brazil	0.3%
92	Chile	0.3%
93	Samoa	0.3%
94	Grenada	0.3%
95	Türkiye	0.3%
96	Seychelles	0.3%
97	Jamaica	0.3%
98	Suriname	0.3%
99	Dominican Republic	0.3%
100	Puerto Rico	0.3%
101	Marshall Islands	0.3%
102	Nauru	0.3%
103	Argentina	0.3%
104	Thailand	0.3%
105	Tonga	0.3%
106	Dominica	0.3%
107	Equatorial Guinea	0.3%
108	Myanmar	0.3%
109	Uruguay	0.3%
110	Tuvalu	0.3%
111	Belgium	0.3%
112	Vietnam	0.3%
113	Sudan	0.3%
114	Switzerland	0.2%
115	Tunisia	0.2%
116	Malaysia	0.2%
117	Canada	0.2%
118	Kazakhstan	0.2%
119	Mauritius	0.2%
120	Greenland	0.2%
121	Barbados	0.2%
122	Fiji	0.2%
123	Sri Lanka	0.2%
124	Taiwan, Province of China	0.2%
125	Trinidad and Tobago	0.2%
126	Sweden	0.2%
127	North Korea	0.2%
128	Denmark	0.2%
129	Iraq	0.2%
130	Bahamas	0.2%
131	Japan	0.2%
132	Northern Mariana Islands	0.2%
133	Czech Republic	0.2%
134	People's Republic of China	0.2%
135	Netherlands	0.2%
136	Portugal	0.2%
137	Bhutan	0.1%
138	Guam	0.1%
139	Spain	0.1%
140	Iceland	0.1%
141	South Korea	0.1%
142	Bahrain	0.1%
143	Costa Rica	0.1%
144	Israel	0.1%
145	Palau	0.1%
146	Italy	0.1%
147	Syrian Arab Republic	0.1%
148	United Arab Emirates	0.1%
149	Australia	0.1%
150	Cyprus	0.1%
151	Cuba	0.1%
152	Albania	0.1%
153	Algeria	0.1%
154	Germany	0.1%
155	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.1%
156	Ireland	0.1%
157	Egypt	0.1%
158	Libya	0.1%
159	Finland	0.1%
160	Bermuda	0.1%
161	San Marino	0.1%
162	Kyrgyzstan	0.1%
163	Lebanon	0.1%
164	Morocco	0.1%
165	Saudi Arabia	0.1%
166	Jordan	0.1%
167	Georgia	0.1%
168	Turkmenistan	0.1%
169	Azerbaijan	0.1%
170	Brunei Darussalam	0.1%
171	Qatar	0.1%
172	Poland	0.0%
173	Andorra	0.0%
174	Uzbekistan	0.0%
175	Romania	0.0%
176	Mongolia	0.0%
177	Slovenia	0.0%
178	Hungary	0.0%
179	Austria	0.0%
180	Monaco	0.0%
181	Montenegro	0.0%
182	New Zealand	0.0%
183	Russian Federation	0.0%
184	Serbia	0.0%
185	Singapore	0.0%
186	Malta	0.0%
187	Estonia	0.0%
188	Croatia	0.0%
189	Belarus	0.0%
190	Slovakia	0.0%
191	Latvia	0.0%
192	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.0%
193	State of Palestine	0.0%
194	Cook Islands	0.0%
195	United Kingdom	0.0%
196	Tajikistan	0.0%
197	Kuwait	0.0%
198	Moldova, Republic of	0.0%
199	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.0%
200	Bulgaria	0.0%
201	Greece	0.0%
202	Lithuania	0.0%
203	Armenia	0.0%
204	Ukraine	0.0%

Showing 204 of 204 countries

Topics

#health #%#nutritional #deficiencies

Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).

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