Data for 2016

Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2016

Name: Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2016
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Figures for 2016, as FAO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2016 covers 167 countries. Somalia is highest, at 60.2; 55 countries share the lowest reading, 2.5. The middle country reads 5.9. Against 2015, 103 values changed (51 up, 52 down), the same countries are covered.

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Prevalence of Undernourishment · Data for 2016

HighestSomalia

60.2

Lowest55 countries share it

2.5

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

167countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
90distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	60.2
2	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	46.0
3	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	41.6
4	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	38.7
5	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	35.4
6	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	35.1
7	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	35.0
8	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	33.7
9	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	33.4
10	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	32.8
11	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	32.3
12	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	29.6
13	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	28.2
14	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	26.7
15	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	26.1
16	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	24.5
17	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	22.2
18	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	21.9
19	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	20.9
=20	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	20.6
=20	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	20.6
22	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	20.4
23	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	19.8
24	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	18.3
25	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	18.0
26	Venezuela`VEN`South America	17.4
27	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	16.7
28	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.5
=29	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	16.3
=29	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	16.3
31	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	16.1
32	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	15.4
33	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	15.3
34	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	15.2
35	Bolivia`BOL`South America	14.9
36	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	14.6
37	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.4
38	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	14.2
=39	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.0
=39	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	14.0
41	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	13.9
42	Honduras`HND`Central America	13.7
43	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	13.5
44	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	13.0
45	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	12.8
46	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	12.7
47	Niger`NER`Western Africa	12.0
48	India`IND`Southern Asia	11.6
=49	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	11.5
=49	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	11.5
51	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	11.0
52	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	10.8
53	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9.8
=54	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	9.7
=54	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9.7
=56	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9.5
=56	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	9.5
58	Suriname`SUR`South America	9.3
59	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	8.9
60	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	8.4
61	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	8.1
62	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	8.0
63	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	7.9
=64	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	7.7
=64	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	7.7
=66	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	7.6
=66	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	7.6
68	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7.5
69	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	7.4
=70	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	7.2
=70	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7.2
72	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	7.0
73	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6.8
=74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6.7
=74	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.7
=74	Panama`PAN`Central America	6.7
=77	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	6.6
=77	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6.6
=77	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6.6
80	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6.4
81	Peru`PER`South America	6.2
=82	Belize`BLZ`Central America	6.1
=82	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	6.1
=84	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	5.9
=84	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5.9
=84	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	5.9
87	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5.7
88	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	5.4
89	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.3
90	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	5.1
91	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	4.9
92	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	4.7
93	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.5
=94	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	4.4
=94	Colombia`COL`South America	4.4
96	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4.2
97	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4.1
98	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3.8
=99	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3.7
=99	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3.7
=99	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3.7
102	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.5
=103	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.4
=103	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	3.4
=105	Chile`CHL`South America	3.3
=105	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.3
=107	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.2
=107	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.2
109	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3.1
110	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.8
=111	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2.6
=111	Paraguay`PRY`South America	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	Moldova`MDA`Eastern 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	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 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Somalia60.2
2North Korea46.0
3Mozambique41.6
4Haiti38.7
5Uganda35.4

Lowest

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

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
103values changed, of 167 in both
51 · 52rose · fell
64unchanged

Rose most

Venezuela11.3 → 17.4+6.1
Uganda30.6 → 35.4+4.8
Syria11.5 → 14.2+2.7
Madagascar33.3 → 35.0+1.7
Mozambique39.9 → 41.6+1.7

Fell most

Guinea-Bissau28.0 → 19.8−8.2
Tajikistan16.1 → 13.9−2.2
Rwanda35.8 → 33.7−2.1
Côte d’Ivoire13.5 → 11.5−2.0
Central African Republic28.6 → 26.7−1.9

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

90 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) (2016). Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/undernourishment/2016

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