Rankings · food

Countries by undernourishment

Share of the population whose food intake is insufficient to meet dietary energy needs. 165 countries ranked for 2024 (%).

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1Somalia56.5%

2Haiti51.4%

3Madagascar41.8%

		Value
1	Somalia	56.5%	-8.0%	=
2	Haiti	51.4%	+36.3%	▲ 1
3	Madagascar	41.8%	+29.0%	▲ 6
4	Zambia	41%	+9.9%	=
5	Syria	40.8%	+304.0%	▲ 48
6	Democratic Republic of the Congo	39.5%	+25.0%	▲ 4
7	Liberia	37.3%	+1.9%	▼ 2
8	Kenya	34.9%	+79.9%	▲ 16
9	Chad	33.6%	+33.9%	▲ 6
10	Papua New Guinea	30.5%	+10.9%	▲ 3
11	Central African Republic	29.8%	-3.6%	=
12	Afghanistan	27.8%	+44.0%	▲ 13
13	Solomon Islands	27%	+29.2%	▲ 6
14	Sierra Leone	25.3%	+11.0%	▲ 3
15	Republic of the Congo	25%	-10.1%	▼ 3
16	Malawi	24.5%	+58.1%	▲ 17
17	Gabon	23.3%	+70.1%	▲ 25
18	São Tomé and Principe	23%	+29.9%	▲ 10
19	Rwanda	22.6%	-34.1%	▼ 13
20	Mozambique	22.3%	-31.6%	▼ 12
21	Nigeria	22.2%	+94.7%	▲ 28
22	Uganda	20.9%	-14.7%	▼ 6
23	Namibia	20.1%	-2.9%	▼ 3
24	Guinea-Bissau	20%	-27.0%	▼ 10
25	Ethiopia	19.9%	+27.6%	▲ 6
26	Bolivia	19.5%	+13.4%	▲ 3
27	South Sudan	19.1%	–	–
28	United Republic of Tanzania	19.1%	-9.5%	▼ 10
29	Libya	18.7%	+92.8%	▲ 26
30	Zimbabwe	18.4%	-45.1%	▼ 23
31	Botswana	18.2%	-11.2%	▼ 9
32	Gambia	17.5%	+50.9%	▲ 16
33	Angola	17.4%	+31.8%	▲ 11
34	Timor-Leste	16.9%	+38.5%	▲ 13
35	Comoros	16.5%	+17.0%	▲ 5
36	Pakistan	16.1%	+12.6%	▲ 2
37	Eswatini	15.1%	-16.6%	▼ 11
38	Djibouti	14.7%	-5.2%	▼ 6
39	Honduras	14.3%	+0.7%	=
40	Iraq	13.4%	-10.7%	▼ 5
41	Niger	12.9%	-5.8%	▲ 2
42	Guatemala	12.7%	-17.5%	▼ 8
43	Suriname	12.7%	+44.3%	▲ 15
44	Jordan	12.2%	+69.4%	▲ 32
45	Mali	12.1%	+101.7%	▲ 37
46	Burkina Faso	11.7%	-15.2%	▼ 5
47	Ivory Coast	11.4%	-22.4%	▼ 11
48	South Africa	11.2%	+100.0%	▲ 41
49	Benin	11.1%	+12.1%	▲ 5
50	Lebanon	11.1%	+91.4%	▲ 37
51	Mauritania	11%	+66.7%	▲ 28
52	Ecuador	10.8%	+27.1%	▲ 9
53	Ukraine	10.8%	+332.0%	▲ 111
54	Trinidad and Tobago	10.4%	+79.3%	▲ 34
55	Togo	10.2%	-50.7%	▼ 34
56	Laos	10%	+35.1%	▲ 16
57	India	9.8%	-21.6%	▼ 11
58	Guinea	8.7%	-17.9%	▼ 6
59	Egypt	8.4%	+31.3%	▲ 21
60	Bangladesh	8.2%	-47.4%	▼ 30
61	Cabo Verde	8.1%	-44.9%	▼ 24
62	Jamaica	8%	+3.9%	▲ 7
63	Tajikistan	8%	-59.2%	▼ 40
64	Fiji	7.2%	+0.0%	▲ 11
65	Oman	7.1%	-4.1%	▲ 8
66	Iran	6.7%	-11.8%	▲ 4
67	Morocco	6.5%	+66.7%	▲ 32
68	Ghana	6.4%	-26.4%	▼ 9
69	Indonesia	6.3%	-19.2%	▼ 1
70	Vietnam	6.1%	-26.5%	▼ 7
71	Vanuatu	5.8%	-1.7%	▲ 14
72	Peru	5.7%	+9.6%	▲ 20
73	Albania	5.6%	+21.7%	▲ 23
74	Thailand	5.4%	-34.1%	▼ 10
75	Senegal	5.3%	-53.5%	▼ 25
76	El Salvador	5.3%	-40.4%	▼ 19
77	Venezuela	5.3%	+35.9%	▲ 23
78	Nepal	5.2%	-35.8%	▼ 12
79	Barbados	5%	+92.3%	▲ 34
80	Cameroon	4.9%	+8.9%	▲ 17
81	Sri Lanka	4.9%	-19.7%	=
82	Mauritius	4.9%	-27.9%	▼ 5
83	Kyrgyzstan	4.8%	-28.4%	▼ 5
84	Cambodia	4.7%	-42.0%	▼ 19
85	Panama	4.7%	-35.6%	▼ 11
86	Myanmar	4.6%	-16.4%	▲ 4
87	Belize	4.4%	-25.4%	▼ 4
88	Colombia	4.1%	-29.3%	▼ 2
89	New Caledonia	4.1%	-48.8%	▼ 22
90	Paraguay	4.1%	+64.0%	▲ 67
91	Turkmenistan	4.1%	+10.8%	▲ 12
92	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4%	-16.7%	▲ 2
93	Kiribati	3.8%	+5.6%	▲ 12
94	Cuba	3.5%	+40.0%	▲ 32
95	Philippines	3.4%	-74.0%	▼ 50
96	Samoa	3.4%	-27.7%	▼ 1
97	Mexico	3.1%	-22.5%	▲ 1
98	Dominica	3%	-67.7%	▼ 42
99	Argentina	2.8%	-3.4%	▲ 10
100	Tunisia	2.8%	-3.4%	▲ 11
101	French Polynesia	2.6%	-16.1%	▲ 7
102	United Arab Emirates	2.5%	-28.6%	▲ 4
103	Armenia	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 11
104	Australia	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 11
105	Austria	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 11
106	Azerbaijan	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 11
107	Belgium	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 11
108	Bulgaria	2.5%	-24.2%	▼ 1
109	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 10
110	Belarus	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 10
111	Brazil	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 10
112	Canada	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 10
113	Switzerland	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 10
114	Chile	2.5%	-30.6%	▼ 10
115	China	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 9
116	Costa Rica	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 9
117	Cyprus	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 10
118	Czechia	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 10
119	Germany	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 10
120	Denmark	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 10
121	Dominican Republic	2.5%	-70.9%	▼ 61
122	Algeria	2.5%	-13.8%	▼ 12
123	Spain	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 8
124	Estonia	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 8
125	Finland	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 8
126	France	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 8
127	United Kingdom	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 8
128	Georgia	2.5%	-66.2%	▼ 57
129	Greece	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 7
130	Guyana	2.5%	-57.6%	▼ 46
131	Croatia	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 6
132	Hungary	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 6
133	Ireland	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 6
134	Iceland	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 6
135	Israel	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 6
136	Italy	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 6
137	Japan	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 6
138	Kazakhstan	2.5%	-51.9%	▼ 47
139	South Korea	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 5
140	Kuwait	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 5
141	Lithuania	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 5
142	Luxembourg	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 5
143	Latvia	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 5
144	Moldova	2.5%	-34.2%	▼ 43
145	North Macedonia	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 4
146	Malta	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 4
147	Montenegro	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 4
148	Mongolia	2.5%	-77.1%	▼ 97
149	Malaysia	2.5%	-34.2%	▼ 47
150	Netherlands	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 2
151	Norway	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 2
152	New Zealand	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 2
153	Poland	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 2
154	Portugal	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 2
155	Romania	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 3
156	Russia	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 3
157	Saudi Arabia	2.5%	-7.4%	▼ 45
158	Republic of Serbia	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 2
159	Slovenia	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 2
160	Sweden	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 2
161	Seychelles	2.5%	-49.0%	▼ 68
162	Turkey	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 1
163	Uruguay	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 2
164	United States	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 2
165	Uzbekistan	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 2

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Rankings · food

Countries by undernourishment

Share of the population whose food intake is insufficient to meet dietary energy needs. 165 countries ranked for 2024 (%).

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1Somalia56.5%

2Haiti51.4%

3Madagascar41.8%

		Value
1	Somalia	56.5%	-8.0%	=
2	Haiti	51.4%	+36.3%	▲ 1
3	Madagascar	41.8%	+29.0%	▲ 6
4	Zambia	41%	+9.9%	=
5	Syria	40.8%	+304.0%	▲ 48
6	Democratic Republic of the Congo	39.5%	+25.0%	▲ 4
7	Liberia	37.3%	+1.9%	▼ 2
8	Kenya	34.9%	+79.9%	▲ 16
9	Chad	33.6%	+33.9%	▲ 6
10	Papua New Guinea	30.5%	+10.9%	▲ 3
11	Central African Republic	29.8%	-3.6%	=
12	Afghanistan	27.8%	+44.0%	▲ 13
13	Solomon Islands	27%	+29.2%	▲ 6
14	Sierra Leone	25.3%	+11.0%	▲ 3
15	Republic of the Congo	25%	-10.1%	▼ 3
16	Malawi	24.5%	+58.1%	▲ 17
17	Gabon	23.3%	+70.1%	▲ 25
18	São Tomé and Principe	23%	+29.9%	▲ 10
19	Rwanda	22.6%	-34.1%	▼ 13
20	Mozambique	22.3%	-31.6%	▼ 12
21	Nigeria	22.2%	+94.7%	▲ 28
22	Uganda	20.9%	-14.7%	▼ 6
23	Namibia	20.1%	-2.9%	▼ 3
24	Guinea-Bissau	20%	-27.0%	▼ 10
25	Ethiopia	19.9%	+27.6%	▲ 6
26	Bolivia	19.5%	+13.4%	▲ 3
27	South Sudan	19.1%	–	–
28	United Republic of Tanzania	19.1%	-9.5%	▼ 10
29	Libya	18.7%	+92.8%	▲ 26
30	Zimbabwe	18.4%	-45.1%	▼ 23
31	Botswana	18.2%	-11.2%	▼ 9
32	Gambia	17.5%	+50.9%	▲ 16
33	Angola	17.4%	+31.8%	▲ 11
34	Timor-Leste	16.9%	+38.5%	▲ 13
35	Comoros	16.5%	+17.0%	▲ 5
36	Pakistan	16.1%	+12.6%	▲ 2
37	Eswatini	15.1%	-16.6%	▼ 11
38	Djibouti	14.7%	-5.2%	▼ 6
39	Honduras	14.3%	+0.7%	=
40	Iraq	13.4%	-10.7%	▼ 5
41	Niger	12.9%	-5.8%	▲ 2
42	Guatemala	12.7%	-17.5%	▼ 8
43	Suriname	12.7%	+44.3%	▲ 15
44	Jordan	12.2%	+69.4%	▲ 32
45	Mali	12.1%	+101.7%	▲ 37
46	Burkina Faso	11.7%	-15.2%	▼ 5
47	Ivory Coast	11.4%	-22.4%	▼ 11
48	South Africa	11.2%	+100.0%	▲ 41
49	Benin	11.1%	+12.1%	▲ 5
50	Lebanon	11.1%	+91.4%	▲ 37
51	Mauritania	11%	+66.7%	▲ 28
52	Ecuador	10.8%	+27.1%	▲ 9
53	Ukraine	10.8%	+332.0%	▲ 111
54	Trinidad and Tobago	10.4%	+79.3%	▲ 34
55	Togo	10.2%	-50.7%	▼ 34
56	Laos	10%	+35.1%	▲ 16
57	India	9.8%	-21.6%	▼ 11
58	Guinea	8.7%	-17.9%	▼ 6
59	Egypt	8.4%	+31.3%	▲ 21
60	Bangladesh	8.2%	-47.4%	▼ 30
61	Cabo Verde	8.1%	-44.9%	▼ 24
62	Jamaica	8%	+3.9%	▲ 7
63	Tajikistan	8%	-59.2%	▼ 40
64	Fiji	7.2%	+0.0%	▲ 11
65	Oman	7.1%	-4.1%	▲ 8
66	Iran	6.7%	-11.8%	▲ 4
67	Morocco	6.5%	+66.7%	▲ 32
68	Ghana	6.4%	-26.4%	▼ 9
69	Indonesia	6.3%	-19.2%	▼ 1
70	Vietnam	6.1%	-26.5%	▼ 7
71	Vanuatu	5.8%	-1.7%	▲ 14
72	Peru	5.7%	+9.6%	▲ 20
73	Albania	5.6%	+21.7%	▲ 23
74	Thailand	5.4%	-34.1%	▼ 10
75	Senegal	5.3%	-53.5%	▼ 25
76	El Salvador	5.3%	-40.4%	▼ 19
77	Venezuela	5.3%	+35.9%	▲ 23
78	Nepal	5.2%	-35.8%	▼ 12
79	Barbados	5%	+92.3%	▲ 34
80	Cameroon	4.9%	+8.9%	▲ 17
81	Sri Lanka	4.9%	-19.7%	=
82	Mauritius	4.9%	-27.9%	▼ 5
83	Kyrgyzstan	4.8%	-28.4%	▼ 5
84	Cambodia	4.7%	-42.0%	▼ 19
85	Panama	4.7%	-35.6%	▼ 11
86	Myanmar	4.6%	-16.4%	▲ 4
87	Belize	4.4%	-25.4%	▼ 4
88	Colombia	4.1%	-29.3%	▼ 2
89	New Caledonia	4.1%	-48.8%	▼ 22
90	Paraguay	4.1%	+64.0%	▲ 67
91	Turkmenistan	4.1%	+10.8%	▲ 12
92	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4%	-16.7%	▲ 2
93	Kiribati	3.8%	+5.6%	▲ 12
94	Cuba	3.5%	+40.0%	▲ 32
95	Philippines	3.4%	-74.0%	▼ 50
96	Samoa	3.4%	-27.7%	▼ 1
97	Mexico	3.1%	-22.5%	▲ 1
98	Dominica	3%	-67.7%	▼ 42
99	Argentina	2.8%	-3.4%	▲ 10
100	Tunisia	2.8%	-3.4%	▲ 11
101	French Polynesia	2.6%	-16.1%	▲ 7
102	United Arab Emirates	2.5%	-28.6%	▲ 4
103	Armenia	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 11
104	Australia	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 11
105	Austria	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 11
106	Azerbaijan	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 11
107	Belgium	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 11
108	Bulgaria	2.5%	-24.2%	▼ 1
109	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 10
110	Belarus	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 10
111	Brazil	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 10
112	Canada	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 10
113	Switzerland	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 10
114	Chile	2.5%	-30.6%	▼ 10
115	China	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 9
116	Costa Rica	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 9
117	Cyprus	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 10
118	Czechia	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 10
119	Germany	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 10
120	Denmark	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 10
121	Dominican Republic	2.5%	-70.9%	▼ 61
122	Algeria	2.5%	-13.8%	▼ 12
123	Spain	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 8
124	Estonia	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 8
125	Finland	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 8
126	France	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 8
127	United Kingdom	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 8
128	Georgia	2.5%	-66.2%	▼ 57
129	Greece	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 7
130	Guyana	2.5%	-57.6%	▼ 46
131	Croatia	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 6
132	Hungary	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 6
133	Ireland	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 6
134	Iceland	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 6
135	Israel	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 6
136	Italy	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 6
137	Japan	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 6
138	Kazakhstan	2.5%	-51.9%	▼ 47
139	South Korea	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 5
140	Kuwait	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 5
141	Lithuania	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 5
142	Luxembourg	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 5
143	Latvia	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 5
144	Moldova	2.5%	-34.2%	▼ 43
145	North Macedonia	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 4
146	Malta	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 4
147	Montenegro	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 4
148	Mongolia	2.5%	-77.1%	▼ 97
149	Malaysia	2.5%	-34.2%	▼ 47
150	Netherlands	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 2
151	Norway	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 2
152	New Zealand	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 2
153	Poland	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 2
154	Portugal	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 2
155	Romania	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 3
156	Russia	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 3
157	Saudi Arabia	2.5%	-7.4%	▼ 45
158	Republic of Serbia	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 2
159	Slovenia	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 2
160	Sweden	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 2
161	Seychelles	2.5%	-49.0%	▼ 68
162	Turkey	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 1
163	Uruguay	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 2
164	United States	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 2
165	Uzbekistan	2.5%	+0.0%	▲ 2

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