Data for 2002

Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2002

Name: Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2002
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Figures for 2002, as FAO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2002 covers 167 countries. Somalia is highest, at 69.9; 36 countries share the lowest reading, 2.5. The middle country reads 9.0. Against 2001, 125 values changed (47 up, 78 down), the same countries are covered.

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Prevalence of Undernourishment · Data for 2002

HighestSomalia

69.9

Lowest36 countries share it

2.5

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

167countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
100distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2002, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2002: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	69.9
2	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	63.6
=3	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	50.1
=3	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	50.1
5	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	49.2
6	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	43.5
7	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	43.4
8	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	43.2
9	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	41.3
10	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	39.4
11	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	36.9
12	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	36.2
13	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	35.8
14	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	35.2
15	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	34.9
16	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	34.8
17	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	34.3
18	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	33.6
19	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	33.4
20	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	33.3
21	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	31.8
22	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	29.5
23	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	28.8
24	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	28.5
25	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	27.4
26	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	27.2
=27	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	26.9
=27	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	26.9
29	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	25.9
30	Bolivia`BOL`South America	25.8
31	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	23.6
32	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	23.4
33	Niger`NER`Western Africa	22.2
=34	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	22.0
=34	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	22.0
=36	Ecuador`ECU`South America	21.8
=36	Peru`PER`South America	21.8
38	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	21.7
39	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	21.0
40	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	20.7
=41	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	20.4
=41	Honduras`HND`Central America	20.4
=41	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	20.4
44	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	20.1
45	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	20.0
46	India`IND`Southern Asia	19.7
=47	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	19.5
=47	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	19.5
=49	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	19.4
=49	Panama`PAN`Central America	19.4
=51	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	18.9
=51	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	18.9
53	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	18.3
54	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	18.1
=55	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	17.8
=55	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	17.8
57	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	17.7
58	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	16.5
59	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	16.3
=60	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.1
=60	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	16.1
62	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	16.0
63	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	15.1
64	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.6
65	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	14.4
66	Venezuela`VEN`South America	14.2
67	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13.9
68	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	13.8
69	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	13.4
70	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	13.3
71	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	12.8
72	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	12.0
73	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	11.5
74	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	11.3
75	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	11.0
=76	Suriname`SUR`South America	10.9
=76	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	10.9
78	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	9.3
=79	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	9.2
=79	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	9.2
=81	Brazil`BRA`South America	9.1
=81	Paraguay`PRY`South America	9.1
=81	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	9.1
84	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	9.0
85	Colombia`COL`South America	8.9
86	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8.7
87	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	8.3
88	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	8.1
89	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	7.2
=90	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	7.1
=90	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	7.1
92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6.9
93	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	6.8
=94	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	6.7
=94	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6.7
96	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	6.6
=97	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	6.4
=97	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	6.4
99	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	6.2
100	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	6.1
101	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	5.9
102	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	5.8
103	Guyana`GUY`South America	5.7
=104	Belize`BLZ`Central America	5.4
=104	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5.4
=106	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	5.2
=106	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	5.2
=106	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	5.2
=109	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	5.0
=109	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5.0
=111	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4.8
=111	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4.8
113	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	4.6
114	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	4.4
=115	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	4.1
=115	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.1
117	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	4.0
=118	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.7
=118	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3.7
=118	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3.7
=118	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3.7
=122	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	3.5
=122	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3.5
=122	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.5
=125	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3.3
=125	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	3.3
=125	Uruguay`URY`South America	3.3
128	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3.2
=129	Chile`CHL`South America	2.8
=129	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2.8
131	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.6
=132	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.5
=132	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.5
=132	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	2.5
=132	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.5
=132	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2.5
=132	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.5
=132	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.5
=132	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.5
=132	France`FRA`Western Europe	2.5
=132	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.5
=132	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.5
=132	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2.5
=132	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.5
=132	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.5
=132	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.5
=132	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.5
=132	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2.5
=132	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.5
=132	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.5
=132	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.5
=132	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.5
=132	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	2.5
=132	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.5
=132	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.5
=132	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.5
=132	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.5
=132	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2.5
=132	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.5
=132	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.5
=132	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.5
=132	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.5
=132	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	2.5
=132	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2.5
=132	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.5
=132	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.5
=132	United States`USA`Northern America	2.5

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Somalia69.9
2Angola63.6
3Haitishared50.1
3Zambiashared50.1
5Sierra Leone49.2

Lowest

132United Statesshared2.5
132Ukraineshared2.5
132Seychellesshared2.5
132Swedenshared2.5
132Sloveniashared2.5

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 9.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
125values changed, of 167 in both
47 · 78rose · fell
42unchanged

Rose most

Moldova24.3 → 26.9+2.6
Haiti48.0 → 50.1+2.1
Dominican Republic19.7 → 21.7+2.0
Gambia16.9 → 18.9+2.0
Ecuador20.0 → 21.8+1.8

Fell most

Timor-Leste54.9 → 43.4−11.5
Angola67.8 → 63.6−4.2
Comoros24.7 → 20.7−4.0
Panama23.2 → 19.4−3.8
Croatia10.6 → 7.1−3.5

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

100 distinct values among 167
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 36 countries share 2.5. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 167 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2002). Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/undernourishment/2002

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