health2023

Protein-energy malnutrition

Name: Protein-energy malnutrition
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: health, %, protein, energy, malnutrition

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

0.4%

Median: 0.3%

Countries Covered

204

with available data

Highest

Niger

3.1%

Lowest

Kuwait

0.0%

Top 5 Countries

1Niger3.1%

2Zimbabwe2.4%

3Kiribati1.9%

4Afghanistan1.8%

5Eritrea1.8%

By Region

North America0.7%(4 countries)

Africa0.6%(9 countries)

Other0.5%(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 (3.1%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.4%)

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	3.1%
2	Zimbabwe	2.4%
3	Kiribati	1.9%
4	Afghanistan	1.8%
5	Eritrea	1.8%
6	Nigeria	1.8%
7	Sao Tome and Principe	1.7%
8	Chad	1.4%
9	Timor-Leste	1.4%
10	Burundi	1.4%
11	South Sudan	1.4%
12	Benin	1.3%
13	Papua New Guinea	1.3%
14	Mali	1.2%
15	Somalia	1.2%
16	Djibouti	1.2%
17	Guatemala	1.1%
18	Haiti	1.1%
19	Namibia	1.0%
20	Sierra Leone	1.0%
21	Madagascar	1.0%
22	Guinea	1.0%
23	Indonesia	0.9%
24	Peru	0.9%
25	France	0.9%
26	Ethiopia	0.9%
27	Bolivia	0.9%
28	Zambia	0.8%
29	Guinea-Bissau	0.8%
30	Mozambique	0.8%
31	Comoros	0.8%
32	Botswana	0.8%
33	Philippines	0.8%
34	Mexico	0.8%
35	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.8%
36	Angola	0.8%
37	Republic of The Gambia	0.8%
38	Central African Republic	0.7%
39	Liberia	0.7%
40	Mauritania	0.7%
41	Ghana	0.7%
42	El Salvador	0.7%
43	United Republic of Tanzania	0.7%
44	Burkina Faso	0.7%
45	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.7%
46	Senegal	0.7%
47	Guyana	0.7%
48	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.7%
49	Cote d'Ivoire	0.7%
50	Cameroon	0.7%
51	Uganda	0.7%
52	Togo	0.7%
53	Norway	0.6%
54	Yemen	0.6%
55	American Samoa	0.6%
56	Ecuador	0.6%
57	Colombia	0.6%
58	Honduras	0.6%
59	United States of America	0.6%
60	Bangladesh	0.6%
61	Eswatini	0.6%
62	Nepal	0.6%
63	Nicaragua	0.5%
64	Panama	0.5%
65	Cambodia	0.5%
66	Rwanda	0.5%
67	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.5%
68	Malawi	0.5%
69	Belize	0.5%
70	Republic of the Congo	0.5%
71	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.5%
72	Paraguay	0.4%
73	Virgin Islands, U.S.	0.4%
74	South Africa	0.4%
75	Cape Verde	0.4%
76	Lesotho	0.4%
77	Antigua and Barbuda	0.4%
78	Niue	0.4%
79	Tokelau	0.4%
80	Maldives	0.4%
81	Luxembourg	0.4%
82	Vanuatu	0.4%
83	Venezuela	0.4%
84	Pakistan	0.4%
85	Saint Lucia	0.4%
86	Kenya	0.4%
87	Solomon Islands	0.3%
88	Samoa	0.3%
89	India	0.3%
90	Chile	0.3%
91	Brazil	0.3%
92	Marshall Islands	0.3%
93	Gabon	0.3%
94	Suriname	0.3%
95	Nauru	0.3%
96	Puerto Rico	0.3%
97	Grenada	0.3%
98	Tonga	0.3%
99	Jamaica	0.3%
100	Dominican Republic	0.3%
101	Thailand	0.3%
102	Tuvalu	0.3%
103	Argentina	0.3%
104	Seychelles	0.3%
105	Equatorial Guinea	0.3%
106	Belgium	0.2%
107	Sudan	0.2%
108	Myanmar	0.2%
109	Malaysia	0.2%
110	Tunisia	0.2%
111	Switzerland	0.2%
112	Türkiye	0.2%
113	Fiji	0.2%
114	Mauritius	0.2%
115	Dominica	0.2%
116	Canada	0.2%
117	Sri Lanka	0.2%
118	Uruguay	0.2%
119	Taiwan, Province of China	0.2%
120	Sweden	0.2%
121	Kazakhstan	0.2%
122	Trinidad and Tobago	0.2%
123	Northern Mariana Islands	0.2%
124	Greenland	0.2%
125	North Korea	0.2%
126	Czech Republic	0.2%
127	Iraq	0.1%
128	Guam	0.1%
129	Bahamas	0.1%
130	Japan	0.1%
131	People's Republic of China	0.1%
132	Portugal	0.1%
133	Palau	0.1%
134	Iceland	0.1%
135	Costa Rica	0.1%
136	Barbados	0.1%
137	United Arab Emirates	0.1%
138	Denmark	0.1%
139	Syrian Arab Republic	0.1%
140	Bahrain	0.1%
141	Israel	0.1%
142	Spain	0.1%
143	Netherlands	0.1%
144	Italy	0.1%
145	Australia	0.1%
146	Albania	0.1%
147	Germany	0.1%
148	Cuba	0.1%
149	Algeria	0.1%
150	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.1%
151	Oman	0.1%
152	Cyprus	0.1%
153	Libya	0.1%
154	South Korea	0.1%
155	Saudi Arabia	0.1%
156	Kyrgyzstan	0.1%
157	Lebanon	0.1%
158	Egypt	0.1%
159	Bermuda	0.1%
160	Bhutan	0.1%
161	Jordan	0.0%
162	Poland	0.0%
163	Ireland	0.0%
164	Morocco	0.0%
165	Finland	0.0%
166	Vietnam	0.0%
167	Azerbaijan	0.0%
168	Romania	0.0%
169	Andorra	0.0%
170	Brunei Darussalam	0.0%
171	Mongolia	0.0%
172	New Zealand	0.0%
173	San Marino	0.0%
174	Singapore	0.0%
175	Turkmenistan	0.0%
176	Monaco	0.0%
177	Hungary	0.0%
178	Georgia	0.0%
179	Serbia	0.0%
180	Slovakia	0.0%
181	Croatia	0.0%
182	Slovenia	0.0%
183	Cook Islands	0.0%
184	Malta	0.0%
185	Montenegro	0.0%
186	Austria	0.0%
187	Russian Federation	0.0%
188	Qatar	0.0%
189	Estonia	0.0%
190	United Kingdom	0.0%
191	State of Palestine	0.0%
192	Uzbekistan	0.0%
193	Moldova, Republic of	0.0%
194	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.0%
195	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.0%
196	Bulgaria	0.0%
197	Belarus	0.0%
198	Lithuania	0.0%
199	Latvia	0.0%
200	Tajikistan	0.0%
201	Armenia	0.0%
202	Greece	0.0%
203	Ukraine	0.0%
204	Kuwait	0.0%

Showing 204 of 204 countries

Topics

#health #%#protein #energy #malnutrition

Data Source

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

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