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Health Statistics > Prevalence of undernourishment > % of population (most recent) by country
Most recent
1971
1981
1992
1995
1997
2003
2004
Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1 Eritrea
75 %
2004 ...
#2 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
74 %
2004 ...
#3 Burundi
66 %
2004 ...
#4 Comoros
60 %
2004 ...
#5 Tajikistan
56 %
2004 ...
#6 Sierra Leone
51 %
2004 ...
#7 Liberia
50 %
2004 ...
#8 Zimbabwe
47 %
2004 ...
#9 Zambia
46 %
2004 ...
#10 Ethiopia
46 %
2004 ...
#11 Haiti
46 %
2004 ...
#12 Tanzania
44 %
2004 ...
#13 Mozambique
44 %
2004 ...
#14 Central African Republic
44 %
2004 ...
#15 Guinea-Bissau
39 %
2004 ...
#16 Madagascar
38 %
2004 ...
#17 Yemen
38 %
2004 ...
#18 Angola
35 %
2004 ...
#19 Malawi
35 %
2004 ...
#20 Chad
35 %
2004 ...
#21 Cambodia
33 %
2004 ...
#22 Rwanda
33 %
2004 ...
#23 Korea, North
33 %
2004 ...
#24 Congo, Republic of the
33 %
2004 ...
#25 Botswana
32 %
2004 ...
#26 Niger
32 %
2004 ...
#27 Kenya
31 %
2004 ...
#28 Bangladesh
30 %
2004 ...
#29 Mali
29 %
2004 ...
#30 Gambia, The
29 %
2004 ...
#31 Dominican Republic
29 %
2004 ...
#32 Mongolia
27 %
2004 ...
#33 Nicaragua
27 %
2004 ...
#34 Sudan
26 %
2004 ...
#35 Cameroon
26 %
2004 ...
#36 Uzbekistan
25 %
2004 ...
#37 Namibia
24 %
2004 ...
#38 Armenia
24 %
2004 ...
#39 Guinea
24 %
2004 ...
#40 Djibouti
24 %
2004 ...
#41 Togo
24 %
2004 ...
#42 Pakistan
24 %
2004 ...
#43 Bolivia
23 %
2004 ...
#44 Honduras
23 %
2004 ...
#45 Panama
23 %
2004 ...
#46 Thailand
22 %
2004 ...
#47 Sri Lanka
22 %
2004 ...
#48 Guatemala
22 %
2004 ...
#49 Swaziland
22 %
2004 ...
#50 Solomon Islands
21 %
2004 ...
#51 Senegal
20 %
2004 ...
#52 India
20 %
2004 ...
#53 Uganda
19 %
2004 ...
#54 Laos
19 %
2004 ...
#55 Philippines
18 %
2004 ...
#56 Venezuela
18 %
2004 ...
#57 Nepal
17 %
2004 ...
#58 Vietnam
16 %
2004 ...
#59 Paraguay
15 %
2004 ...
#60 Burkina Faso
15 %
2004 ...
#61 Netherlands Antilles
13 %
2004 ...
#62 Côte d'Ivoire
13 %
2004 ...
#63 Lesotho
13 %
2004 ...
#64 Colombia
13 %
2004 ...
#65 Benin
12 %
2004 ...
#66 China
12 %
2004 ...
#67 Peru
12 %
2004 ...
#68 Moldova
11 %
2004 ...
#69 Ghana
11 %
2004 ...
#70 Vanuatu
11 %
2004 ...
#71 El Salvador
11 %
2004 ...
#72 New Caledonia
10 %
2004 ...
#73 Trinidad and Tobago
10 %
2004 ...
#74 Maldives
10 %
2004 ...
#75 Saint Kitts and Nevis
10 %
2004 ...
#76 Mauritania
10 %
2004 ...
#77 São Tomé and Príncipe
10 %
2004 ...
#78 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
10 %
2004 ...
#79 Serbia and Montenegro
9 %
2004 ...
#80 Seychelles
9 %
2004 ...
#81 Georgia
9 %
2004 ...
#82 Nigeria
9 %
2004 ...
#83 Jamaica
9 %
2004 ...
#84 Bosnia and Herzegovina
9 %
2004 ...
#85 East Timor
9 %
2004 ...
#86 Dominica
8 %
2004 ...
#87 Suriname
8 %
2004 ...
#88 Bulgaria
8 %
2004 ...
#89 Guyana
8 %
2004 ...
#90 Bahamas, The
8 %
2004 ...
#91 Grenada
7 %
2004 ...
#92 Kiribati
7 %
2004 ...
#93 Brazil
7 %
2004 ...
#94 Croatia
7 %
2004 ...
#95 Slovakia
7 %
2004 ...
#96 Turkmenistan
7 %
2004 ...
#97 Azerbaijan
7 %
2004 ...
#98 Morocco
6 %
2004 ...
#99 Albania
6 %
2004 ...
#100 Indonesia
6 %
2004 ...
#101 Ecuador
6 %
2004 ...
#102 Kazakhstan
6 %
2004 ...
#103 Jordan
6 %
2004 ...
#104 Saint Lucia
5 %
2004 ...
#105 Kuwait
5 %
2004 ...
#106 Costa Rica
5 %
2004 ...
#107 Burma
5 %
2004 ...
#108 Fiji
5 %
2004 ...
#109 Macedonia, Republic of
5 %
2004 ...
#110 Gabon
5 %
2004 ...
#111 Mexico
5 %
2004 ...
#112 Mauritius
5 %
2004 ...
#113 Iran
4 %
2004 ...
#114 Belize
4 %
2004 ...
#115 Samoa
4 %
2004 ...
#116 Belarus
4 %
2004 ...
#117 Saudi Arabia
4 %
2004 ...
#118 Brunei
4 %
2004 ...
#119 French Polynesia
4 %
2004 ...
#120 Chile
4 %
2004 ...
#121 Algeria
4 %
2004 ...
#122 Egypt
4 %
2004 ...
#123 Syria
4 %
2004 ...
#124 Kyrgyzstan
4 %
2004 ...
#125 Argentina
3 %
2004 ...
#126 Russia
3 %
2004 ...
#127 Lebanon
3 %
2004 ...
#128 Malaysia
3 %
2004 ...
#129 Latvia
3 %
2004 ...
#130 Slovenia
3 %
2004 ...
#131 Turkey
3 %
2004 ...
#132 South Africa
2.5 %
2004 ...
#133 Austria
2.5 %
2004 ...
#134 Libya
2.5 %
2004 ...
#135 Barbados
2.5 %
2004 ...
#136 United States
2.5 %
2004 ...
#137 Belgium
2.5 %
2004 ...
#138 New Zealand
2.5 %
2004 ...
#139 Canada
2.5 %
2004 ...
#140 United Arab Emirates
2.5 %
2004 ...
#141 Cuba
2.5 %
2004 ...
#142 Lithuania
2.5 %
2004 ...
#143 Cyprus
2.5 %
2004 ...
#144 Netherlands
2.5 %
2004 ...
#145 Denmark
2.5 %
2004 ...
#146 Portugal
2.5 %
2004 ...
#147 Ireland
2.5 %
2004 ...
#148 Sweden
2.5 %
2004 ...
#149 Estonia
2.5 %
2004 ...
#150 United Kingdom
2.5 %
2004 ...
#151 Czech Republic
2.5 %
2004 ...
#152 Australia
2.5 %
2004 ...
#153 Finland
2.5 %
2004 ...
#154 Luxembourg
2.5 %
2004 ...
#155 France
2.5 %
2004 ...
#156 Malta
2.5 %
2004 ...
#157 Germany
2.5 %
2004 ...
#158 Norway
2.5 %
2004 ...
#159 Greece
2.5 %
2004 ...
#160 Poland
2.5 %
2004 ...
#161 Hungary
2.5 %
2004 ...
#162 Romania
2.5 %
2004 ...
#163 Iceland
2.5 %
2004 ...
#164 Spain
2.5 %
2004 ...
#165 Israel
2.5 %
2004 ...
#166 Switzerland
2.5 %
2004 ...
#167 Italy
2.5 %
2004 ...
#168 Tunisia
2.5 %
2004 ...
#169 Japan
2.5 %
2004 ...
#170 Ukraine
2.5 %
2004 ...
#171 Korea, South
2.5 %
2004 ...
#172 Uruguay
2.5 %
2004 ...
Weighted average:
14.8 %
DEFINITION: Population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption (also referred to as prevalence of undernourishment) shows the percentage of the population whose food intake is insufficient to meet dietary energy requirements continuously. Data showing as 2.5 signifies a prevalence of undernourishment below 2.5%.
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