Data for 2015

Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2015

Name: Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2015
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Figures for 2015, as FAO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2015 covers 167 countries. Somalia is highest, at 60.7; 55 countries share the lowest reading, 2.5. The middle country reads 6.1. Against 2014, 106 values changed (49 up, 57 down), the same countries are covered.

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Prevalence of Undernourishment · Data for 2015

HighestSomalia

60.7

Lowest55 countries share it

2.5

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

167countries
1measure
2015the year it describes
87distinct 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	60.7
2	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	45.2
3	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	39.9
4	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	37.9
5	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	35.8
6	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	35.7
7	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	35.1
8	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	34.3
9	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	33.3
10	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	31.7
11	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	30.6
12	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	29.4
13	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	28.6
14	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	28.0
15	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	27.8
16	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	25.9
17	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	24.1
18	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	21.7
19	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	21.3
20	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	20.8
21	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	20.3
22	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	20.1
23	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	19.9
24	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	18.7
25	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	18.5
26	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	17.2
27	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.6
28	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	16.3
29	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	16.2
=30	Bolivia`BOL`South America	16.1
=30	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	16.1
32	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	15.7
33	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	15.4
34	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	15.2
35	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	14.9
=36	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	14.2
=36	Honduras`HND`Central America	14.2
38	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	14.1
39	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	14.0
=40	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	13.6
=40	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	13.6
=40	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	13.6
43	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	13.5
44	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	13.3
45	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	13.1
46	Niger`NER`Western Africa	12.7
47	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	12.6
48	India`IND`Southern Asia	12.1
49	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	11.5
50	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	11.4
51	Venezuela`VEN`South America	11.3
=52	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	10.7
=52	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	10.7
54	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	10.0
55	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	9.4
=56	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	9.1
=56	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	9.1
=58	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	8.9
=58	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	8.9
60	Ecuador`ECU`South America	8.8
61	Suriname`SUR`South America	8.6
=62	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	8.0
=62	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8.0
=64	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	7.8
=64	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	7.8
66	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	7.5
=67	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	7.4
=67	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	7.4
=67	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	7.4
=67	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	7.4
=71	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7.2
=71	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7.2
=73	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	7.1
=73	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	7.1
=73	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7.1
=76	Panama`PAN`Central America	7.0
=76	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	7.0
78	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6.6
=79	Belize`BLZ`Central America	6.5
=79	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	6.5
=79	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6.5
=79	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.5
83	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	6.2
84	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.1
=85	Peru`PER`South America	5.7
=85	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.7
87	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5.6
88	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	5.4
89	Colombia`COL`South America	5.0
90	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.9
91	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	4.8
92	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	4.7
=93	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	4.6
=93	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.6
=95	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	4.5
=95	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	4.5
=95	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4.5
98	Guyana`GUY`South America	4.4
99	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	4.3
100	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4.1
=101	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.7
=101	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3.7
=101	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3.7
104	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.6
105	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.5
106	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	3.4
=107	Chile`CHL`South America	3.3
=107	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3.3
109	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3.0
110	Argentina`ARG`South America	2.9
111	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.8
112	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2.6
=113	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2.5
=113	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.5
=113	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.5
=113	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2.5
=113	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.5
=113	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.5
=113	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	2.5
=113	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.5
=113	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.5
=113	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.5
=113	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.5
=113	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.5
=113	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.5
=113	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.5
=113	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.5
=113	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.5
=113	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2.5
=113	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.5
=113	France`FRA`Western Europe	2.5
=113	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.5
=113	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.5
=113	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2.5
=113	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.5
=113	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.5
=113	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.5
=113	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.5
=113	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2.5
=113	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2.5
=113	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.5
=113	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.5
=113	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.5
=113	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.5
=113	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.5
=113	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.5
=113	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	2.5
=113	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.5
=113	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.5
=113	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2.5
=113	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.5
=113	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.5
=113	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2.5
=113	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	2.5
=113	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2.5
=113	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	2.5
=113	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.5
=113	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.5
=113	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.5
=113	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.5
=113	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	2.5
=113	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.5
=113	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2.5
=113	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.5
=113	United States`USA`Northern America	2.5
=113	Uruguay`URY`South America	2.5
=113	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	2.5

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Somalia60.7
2North Korea45.2
3Mozambique39.9
4Haiti37.9
5Rwanda35.8

Lowest

113Uzbekistanshared2.5
113United Statesshared2.5
113Uruguayshared2.5
113Ukraineshared2.5
113Türkiyeshared2.5

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 6.1. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
106values changed, of 167 in both
49 · 57rose · fell
61unchanged

Rose most

Venezuela3.9 → 11.3+7.4
Mozambique32.6 → 39.9+7.3
Uganda23.8 → 30.6+6.8
Kenya19.0 → 20.8+1.8
Syria9.7 → 11.5+1.8

Fell most

Tajikistan18.5 → 16.1−2.4
Central African Republic30.9 → 28.6−2.3
Zambia37.3 → 35.1−2.2
Guinea-Bissau30.1 → 28.0−2.1
Mongolia10.6 → 8.9−1.7

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

87 distinct values among 167
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 55 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) (2015). Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/undernourishment/2015

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