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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%.
Health Statistics > Prevalence of undernourishment > % of population (most recent) by country
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2004
Rank
Countries
Amount
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
= 9
Ethiopia :
46 %
2004
= 9
Haiti :
46 %
2004
= 12
Tanzania :
44 %
2004
= 12
Mozambique :
44 %
2004
= 12
Central African Republic :
44 %
2004
# 15
Guinea-Bissau :
39 %
2004
= 16
Madagascar :
38 %
2004
= 16
Yemen :
38 %
2004
= 18
Angola :
35 %
2004
= 18
Malawi :
35 %
2004
= 18
Chad :
35 %
2004
= 21
Cambodia :
33 %
2004
= 21
Rwanda :
33 %
2004
= 21
Korea, North :
33 %
2004
= 21
Congo, Republic of the :
33 %
2004
= 25
Botswana :
32 %
2004
= 25
Niger :
32 %
2004
# 27
Kenya :
31 %
2004
# 28
Bangladesh :
30 %
2004
= 29
Mali :
29 %
2004
= 29
Gambia, The :
29 %
2004
= 29
Dominican Republic :
29 %
2004
= 32
Mongolia :
27 %
2004
= 32
Nicaragua :
27 %
2004
= 34
Sudan :
26 %
2004
= 34
Cameroon :
26 %
2004
# 36
Uzbekistan :
25 %
2004
= 37
Namibia :
24 %
2004
= 37
Armenia :
24 %
2004
= 37
Guinea :
24 %
2004
= 37
Djibouti :
24 %
2004
= 37
Togo :
24 %
2004
= 37
Pakistan :
24 %
2004
= 43
Bolivia :
23 %
2004
= 43
Honduras :
23 %
2004
= 43
Panama :
23 %
2004
= 46
Thailand :
22 %
2004
= 46
Sri Lanka :
22 %
2004
= 46
Guatemala :
22 %
2004
= 46
Swaziland :
22 %
2004
# 50
Solomon Islands :
21 %
2004
= 51
Senegal :
20 %
2004
= 51
India :
20 %
2004
= 53
Uganda :
19 %
2004
= 53
Laos :
19 %
2004
= 55
Philippines :
18 %
2004
= 55
Venezuela :
18 %
2004
# 57
Nepal :
17 %
2004
# 58
Vietnam :
16 %
2004
= 59
Paraguay :
15 %
2004
= 59
Burkina Faso :
15 %
2004
= 61
Netherlands Antilles :
13 %
2004
= 61
Côte d'Ivoire :
13 %
2004
= 61
Lesotho :
13 %
2004
= 61
Colombia :
13 %
2004
= 65
Benin :
12 %
2004
= 65
China :
12 %
2004
= 65
Peru :
12 %
2004
= 68
Moldova :
11 %
2004
= 68
Ghana :
11 %
2004
= 68
Vanuatu :
11 %
2004
= 68
El Salvador :
11 %
2004
= 72
New Caledonia :
10 %
2004
= 72
Trinidad and Tobago :
10 %
2004
= 72
Maldives :
10 %
2004
= 72
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
10 %
2004
= 72
Mauritania :
10 %
2004
= 72
São Tomé and PrÃncipe :
10 %
2004
= 72
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
10 %
2004
= 79
Serbia and Montenegro :
9 %
2004
= 79
Seychelles :
9 %
2004
= 79
Georgia :
9 %
2004
= 79
Nigeria :
9 %
2004
= 79
Jamaica :
9 %
2004
= 79
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
9 %
2004
= 79
East Timor :
9 %
2004
= 86
Dominica :
8 %
2004
= 86
Suriname :
8 %
2004
= 86
Bulgaria :
8 %
2004
= 86
Guyana :
8 %
2004
= 86
Bahamas, The :
8 %
2004
= 91
Grenada :
7 %
2004
= 91
Kiribati :
7 %
2004
= 91
Brazil :
7 %
2004
= 91
Croatia :
7 %
2004
= 91
Slovakia :
7 %
2004
= 91
Turkmenistan :
7 %
2004
= 91
Azerbaijan :
7 %
2004
= 98
Morocco :
6 %
2004
= 98
Albania :
6 %
2004
= 98
Indonesia :
6 %
2004
= 98
Ecuador :
6 %
2004
= 98
Kazakhstan :
6 %
2004
= 98
Jordan :
6 %
2004
= 104
Saint Lucia :
5 %
2004
= 104
Kuwait :
5 %
2004
= 104
Costa Rica :
5 %
2004
= 104
Burma :
5 %
2004
= 104
Fiji :
5 %
2004
= 104
Macedonia, Republic of :
5 %
2004
= 104
Gabon :
5 %
2004
= 104
Mexico :
5 %
2004
= 104
Mauritius :
5 %
2004
= 113
Iran :
4 %
2004
= 113
Belize :
4 %
2004
= 113
Samoa :
4 %
2004
= 113
Belarus :
4 %
2004
= 113
Saudi Arabia :
4 %
2004
= 113
Brunei :
4 %
2004
= 113
French Polynesia :
4 %
2004
= 113
Chile :
4 %
2004
= 113
Algeria :
4 %
2004
= 113
Egypt :
4 %
2004
= 113
Syria :
4 %
2004
= 113
Kyrgyzstan :
4 %
2004
= 125
Argentina :
3 %
2004
= 125
Russia :
3 %
2004
= 125
Lebanon :
3 %
2004
= 125
Malaysia :
3 %
2004
= 125
Latvia :
3 %
2004
= 125
Slovenia :
3 %
2004
= 125
Turkey :
3 %
2004
= 132
South Africa :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Austria :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Libya :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Barbados :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
United States :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Belgium :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
New Zealand :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Canada :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
United Arab Emirates :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Cuba :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Lithuania :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Cyprus :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Netherlands :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Denmark :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Portugal :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Ireland :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Sweden :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Estonia :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
United Kingdom :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Czech Republic :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Australia :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Finland :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Luxembourg :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
France :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Malta :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Germany :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Norway :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Greece :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Poland :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Hungary :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Romania :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Iceland :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Spain :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Israel :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Switzerland :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Italy :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Tunisia :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Japan :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Ukraine :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
Korea, South :
2.5 %
2004
= 132
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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