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Share of people who are undernourished

Name: Share of people who are undernourished by country, 2023
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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2023

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166 countries · 2023

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

Share of people who are undernourished