Data for 2006

Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2006

Name: Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2006
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Figures for 2006, as FAO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2006 covers 167 countries. Somalia is highest, at 69.7; 42 countries share the lowest reading, 2.5. The middle country reads 6.9. Against 2005, 119 values changed (33 up, 86 down), the same countries are covered.

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Prevalence of Undernourishment · Data for 2006

HighestSomalia

69.7

Lowest42 countries share it

2.5

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

167countries
1measure
2006the year it describes
96distinct 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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	69.7
2	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	48.1
3	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	45.9
4	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	37.0
5	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	36.6
=6	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	36.0
=6	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	36.0
8	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	35.4
9	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	35.1
10	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	33.0
11	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	32.7
=12	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	30.6
=12	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	30.6
14	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30.5
15	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	28.7
16	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	28.6
17	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	27.9
18	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	27.6
19	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	27.4
20	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	27.3
21	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	27.0
=22	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	26.6
=22	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	26.6
24	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	26.5
25	Bolivia`BOL`South America	26.0
26	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	25.8
27	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	24.6
28	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	23.6
29	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	22.0
30	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	21.0
31	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	20.9
=32	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	19.3
=32	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	19.3
34	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	19.2
=35	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	18.9
=35	India`IND`Southern Asia	18.9
=37	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	18.1
=37	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	18.1
39	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	17.5
=40	Niger`NER`Western Africa	17.0
=40	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	17.0
42	Honduras`HND`Central America	16.9
43	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	16.8
=44	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.5
=44	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	16.5
46	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	16.1
47	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	16.0
48	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	15.7
49	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	15.5
50	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	15.4
51	Ecuador`ECU`South America	15.0
=52	Peru`PER`South America	14.9
=52	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	14.9
54	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	14.6
55	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	14.5
56	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	14.4
=57	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	13.9
=57	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	13.9
=59	Panama`PAN`Central America	13.5
=59	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	13.5
61	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	13.1
62	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	12.9
63	Colombia`COL`South America	11.3
64	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	11.2
65	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	10.9
=66	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	10.6
=66	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	10.6
68	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	10.5
69	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	10.4
70	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10.3
71	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	9.8
72	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	9.3
=73	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	9.2
=73	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	9.2
=75	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	8.9
=75	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	8.9
77	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8.7
78	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	8.3
=79	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	8.0
=79	Suriname`SUR`South America	8.0
=79	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	8.0
82	Guyana`GUY`South America	7.6
83	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	7.3
84	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6.9
85	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	6.7
=86	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	6.5
=86	Venezuela`VEN`South America	6.5
=88	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.3
=88	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	6.3
90	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.2
=91	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	6.0
=91	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6.0
=91	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	6.0
94	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	5.8
95	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.7
=96	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	5.6
=96	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	5.6
=98	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	5.4
=98	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	5.4
100	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5.3
101	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	5.2
102	Brazil`BRA`South America	5.1
103	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	5.0
104	Belize`BLZ`Central America	4.9
105	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4.8
106	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	4.6
=107	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	4.4
=107	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4.4
=109	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	4.1
=109	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	4.1
=109	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.1
112	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.0
113	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3.9
=114	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.8
=114	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.8
116	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3.7
=117	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.4
=117	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3.4
=119	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.3
=119	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3.3
=121	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3.1
=121	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3.1
123	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3.0
=124	Chile`CHL`South America	2.7
=124	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.7
=126	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.5
=126	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.5
=126	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.5
=126	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	2.5
=126	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.5
=126	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.5
=126	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2.5
=126	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.5
=126	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.5
=126	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2.5
=126	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.5
=126	France`FRA`Western Europe	2.5
=126	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.5
=126	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.5
=126	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2.5
=126	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.5
=126	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.5
=126	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.5
=126	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.5
=126	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2.5
=126	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.5
=126	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.5
=126	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.5
=126	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.5
=126	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.5
=126	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	2.5
=126	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.5
=126	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.5
=126	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.5
=126	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.5
=126	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2.5
=126	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	2.5
=126	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	2.5
=126	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.5
=126	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.5
=126	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.5
=126	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.5
=126	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	2.5
=126	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2.5
=126	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.5
=126	United States`USA`Northern America	2.5
=126	Uruguay`URY`South America	2.5

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Somalia69.7
2Zambia48.1
3Haiti45.9
4North Korea37.0
5Rwanda36.6

Lowest

126United Statesshared2.5
126Uruguayshared2.5
126Ukraineshared2.5
126Swedenshared2.5
126Sloveniashared2.5

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 6.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
119values changed, of 167 in both
33 · 86rose · fell
48unchanged

Rose most

North Korea34.5 → 37.0+2.5
Eswatini11.7 → 13.9+2.2
Republic of the Congo28.4 → 30.5+2.1
Namibia19.9 → 22.0+2.1
Solomon Islands12.2 → 12.9+0.7

Fell most

Angola42.9 → 36.0−6.9
Djibouti28.9 → 24.6−4.3
Sierra Leone40.2 → 36.0−4.2
Afghanistan30.6 → 26.6−4.0
Armenia14.8 → 10.9−3.9

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

96 distinct values among 167
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 42 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.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2006). Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/undernourishment/2006

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