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Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population)

Name: Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: trend-research-500, world-bank, health-systems-mental-health, prevalence, undernourishment, population

Compare prevalence of undernourishment (% of population) across 165 countries or territories using one fixed 2023 World Bank reference slice.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•165 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

9.8%

Median: 5.2%

Countries Covered

165

with available data

Highest

Haiti

54.2%

Lowest

Brazil

2.5%

Top 5 Countries

1Haiti54.2%

2Somalia53.2%

3Madagascar39.5%

4Syrian Arab Republic39.0%

5Democratic Republic of the Congo38.5%

By Region

Africa14.9%(9 countries)

Other13.3%(89 countries)

Asia7.3%(22 countries)

North America4.9%(4 countries)

South America4.8%(7 countries)

Key Findings

•165 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite % observation in the fixed 2023 slice.
•Haiti has the highest published value (54.2 %).
•Algeria has the lowest published value (2.5 %).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (2.5%)High (54.2%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 9.8%)

Africa (9)

Other (89)

Asia (22)

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

Prevalence of undernourishment is the percentage of the population whose habitual food consumption is insufficient to provide the dietary energy levels that are required to maintain a normal active and healthy life. Data showing as 2.5 may signify a prevalence of undernourishment below 2.5%.

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2023 World Bank slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Haiti	54.2%
2	Somalia	53.2%
3	Madagascar	39.5%
4	Syrian Arab Republic	39.0%
5	Democratic Republic of the Congo	38.5%
6	Zambia	37.2%
7	Kenya	36.8%
8	Liberia	35.5%
9	Chad	32.0%
10	Central African Republic	29.8%
11	Papua New Guinea	28.7%
12	Afghanistan	28.1%
13	Republic of the Congo	26.4%
14	Gabon	25.3%
15	Rwanda	24.4%
16	Sierra Leone	24.1%
17	Botswana	24.0%
18	Angola	22.5%
19	South Sudan	22.3%
20	Guinea-Bissau	22.1%
21	Uganda	22.0%
22	Mozambique	21.8%
23	Bolivia	21.8%
24	Malawi	21.4%
25	United Republic of Tanzania	20.2%
26	Solomon Islands	20.0%
27	Nigeria	19.9%
28	Ethiopia	19.7%
29	Zimbabwe	19.7%
30	Timor-Leste	18.7%
31	Namibia	18.1%
32	Sao Tome and Principe	17.4%
33	Republic of The Gambia	16.8%
34	Libya	16.5%
35	Pakistan	16.5%
36	Comoros	15.4%
37	Iraq	14.9%
38	Honduras	14.8%
39	Eswatini	14.7%
40	Benin	14.3%
41	Jordan	14.3%
42	Cape Verde	13.5%
43	Burkina Faso	13.1%
44	Djibouti	12.9%
45	Niger	12.9%
46	Mali	12.3%
47	Ecuador	12.1%
48	India	12.0%
49	Guatemala	11.8%
50	Guinea	11.4%
51	Macao	11.2%
52	Trinidad and Tobago	11.2%
53	Cote d'Ivoire	11.1%
54	Bangladesh	10.4%
55	South Africa	10.0%
56	Suriname	9.7%
57	Egypt	9.4%
58	Togo	9.1%
59	Lebanon	8.7%
60	Mauritania	8.7%
61	Mauritius	8.7%
62	Tajikistan	8.4%
63	Jamaica	7.7%
64	Sri Lanka	7.4%
65	Vanuatu	7.2%
66	Morocco	7.0%
67	Belize	7.0%
68	Peru	6.9%
69	Ukraine	6.9%
70	Fiji	6.8%
71	Islamic Republic of Iran	6.8%
72	El Salvador	6.7%
73	Ghana	6.3%
74	Indonesia	6.3%
75	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.1%
76	Oman	5.9%
77	Venezuela	5.9%
78	Panama	5.7%
79	Myanmar	5.4%
80	Albania	5.4%
81	Nepal	5.3%
82	Vietnam	5.3%
83	Cambodia	5.2%
84	Paraguay	5.2%
85	Kyrgyzstan	5.1%
86	Senegal	5.1%
87	New Caledonia	4.9%
88	Cameroon	4.8%
89	Thailand	4.6%
90	Barbados	4.4%
91	Turkmenistan	4.3%
92	Kiribati	4.1%
93	Colombia	3.9%
94	French Polynesia	3.8%
95	Dominica	3.6%
96	Dominican Republic	3.6%
97	Samoa	3.6%
98	Argentina	3.4%
99	Hong Kong	3.1%
100	Slovakia	3.1%
101	Philippines	3.0%
102	Tunisia	3.0%
103	Mexico	2.7%
104	Bulgaria	2.5%
105	Belarus	2.5%
106	Canada	2.5%
107	Chile	2.5%
108	People's Republic of China	2.5%
109	Costa Rica	2.5%
110	Croatia	2.5%
111	Cyprus	2.5%
112	Czech Republic	2.5%
113	Denmark	2.5%
114	Estonia	2.5%
115	Finland	2.5%
116	France	2.5%
117	Georgia	2.5%
118	Germany	2.5%
119	Greece	2.5%
120	Guyana	2.5%
121	Hungary	2.5%
122	Iceland	2.5%
123	Ireland	2.5%
124	Israel	2.5%
125	Italy	2.5%
126	Kazakhstan	2.5%
127	South Korea	2.5%
128	Kuwait	2.5%
129	Latvia	2.5%
130	Lithuania	2.5%
131	Luxembourg	2.5%
132	Malaysia	2.5%
133	Malta	2.5%
134	Mongolia	2.5%
135	Moldova, Republic of	2.5%
136	Montenegro	2.5%
137	Netherlands	2.5%
138	New Zealand	2.5%
139	Norway	2.5%
140	Poland	2.5%
141	Portugal	2.5%
142	Romania	2.5%
143	Russian Federation	2.5%
144	Saudi Arabia	2.5%
145	Serbia	2.5%
146	Seychelles	2.5%
147	Slovenia	2.5%
148	Spain	2.5%
149	Sweden	2.5%
150	Switzerland	2.5%
151	United Arab Emirates	2.5%
152	Türkiye	2.5%
153	The Republic of North Macedonia	2.5%
154	United Kingdom	2.5%
155	United States of America	2.5%
156	Uruguay	2.5%
157	Uzbekistan	2.5%
158	Algeria	2.5%
159	Azerbaijan	2.5%
160	Australia	2.5%
161	Austria	2.5%
162	Armenia	2.5%
163	Belgium	2.5%
164	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.5%
165	Brazil	2.5%

Showing 165 of 165 countries

Topics

#trend-research-500 #world-bank #health-systems-mental-health #prevalence #undernourishment #population

Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2023).

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