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Prevalence of undernourishment (3-year avg)

% · lower is better · 138 countries

FAO, FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0updated 2025
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  1. 1French Polynesia2.6%
  2. 2Tunisia2.8%
  3. 2Argentina2.8%
  4. 3Dominica3%
  5. 4Mexico3.1%
  6. 5Philippines3.4%
  7. 5Samoa3.4%
  8. 6Cuba3.5%
  9. 7Taiwan3.6%
  10. 8Kiribati3.8%
  11. 9St. Vincent and the Grenadines4%
  12. 10Paraguay4.1%
  13. 10New Caledonia4.1%
  14. 10Colombia4.1%
  15. 10Turkmenistan4.1%
  16. 11Belize4.4%
  17. 12Myanmar4.6%
  18. 13Panama4.7%
  19. 13Cambodia4.7%
  20. 14Kyrgyz Republic4.8%
  21. 15Sri Lanka4.9%
  22. 15Cameroon4.9%
  23. 15Mauritius4.9%
  24. 16Barbados5%
  25. 17Nepal5.2%
  26. 18Senegal5.3%
  27. 18Venezuela, RB5.3%
  28. 18El Salvador5.3%
  29. 19Thailand5.4%
  30. 20Albania5.6%
  31. 21Peru5.7%
  32. 22Vanuatu5.8%
  33. 23Viet Nam6.1%
  34. 24Indonesia6.3%
  35. 25Ghana6.4%
  36. 26Morocco6.5%
  37. 27Iran, Islamic Rep.6.7%
  38. 28Oman7.1%
  39. 29Fiji7.2%
  40. 30Jamaica8%
  41. 30Tajikistan8%
  42. 31Cabo Verde8.1%
  43. 32Bangladesh8.2%
  44. 33Egypt, Arab Rep.8.4%
  45. 34Guinea8.7%
  46. 35India9.8%
  47. 36Lao PDR10%
  48. 37Togo10.2%
  49. 38Trinidad and Tobago10.4%
  50. 39Ecuador10.8%
  51. 39Ukraine10.8%
  52. 40Mauritania11%
  53. 41Lebanon11.1%
  54. 41Benin11.1%
  55. 42South Africa11.2%
  56. 43Cote d'Ivoire11.4%
  57. 44Burkina Faso11.7%
  58. 45Mali12.1%
  59. 46Jordan12.2%
  60. 47Suriname12.7%
  61. 47Guatemala12.7%
  62. 48Niger12.9%
  63. 49Iraq13.4%
  64. 50Honduras14.3%
  65. 51Djibouti14.7%
  66. 52Eswatini15.1%
  67. 53Pakistan16.1%
  68. 54Comoros16.5%
  69. 55Timor-Leste16.9%
  70. 56Angola17.4%
  71. 57Gambia, The17.5%
  72. 58Botswana18.2%
  73. 59Zimbabwe18.4%
  74. 60Libya18.7%
  75. 61Tanzania19.1%
  76. 61South Sudan19.1%
  77. 62Bolivia19.5%
  78. 63Ethiopia19.9%
  79. 64Guinea-Bissau20%
  80. 65Namibia20.1%
  81. 66Uganda20.9%
  82. 67Nigeria22.2%
  83. 68Mozambique22.3%
  84. 69Rwanda22.6%
  85. 70Sao Tome and Principe23%
  86. 71Gabon23.3%
  87. 72Malawi24.5%
  88. 73Congo, Rep.25%
  89. 74Sierra Leone25.3%
  90. 75Solomon Islands27%
  91. 76Afghanistan27.8%
  92. 77Central African Republic29.8%
  93. 78Papua New Guinea30.5%
  94. 79Chad33.6%
  95. 80Kenya34.9%
  96. 81Liberia37.3%
  97. 82Congo, Dem. Rep.39.5%
  98. 83Syrian Arab Republic40.8%
  99. 84Zambia41%
  100. 85Madagascar41.8%
  101. 86Haiti51.4%
  102. 87Somalia, Fed. Rep.56.5%

Prevalence of undernourishment (3-year avg)