Data for 2017

Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2017

Name: Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2017
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Figures for 2017, as FAO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2017 covers 167 countries. Somalia is highest, at 59.0; 55 countries share the lowest reading, 2.5. The middle country reads 5.8. Against 2016, 105 values changed (42 up, 63 down), the same countries are covered.

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Prevalence of Undernourishment · Data for 2017

HighestSomalia

59.0

Lowest55 countries share it

2.5

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

167countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
87distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	59.0
2	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	47.5
3	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	40.3
4	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	38.3
5	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	36.0
6	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	35.5
7	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	34.9
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	32.7
9	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	31.9
10	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	31.8
11	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	30.9
12	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30.2
13	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	28.3
14	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	26.7
15	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	26.0
16	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	25.3
17	Venezuela`VEN`South America	23.7
18	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.6
19	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	22.6
20	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	22.1
21	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	21.3
22	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	20.4
23	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	20.0
24	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	18.5
=25	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	17.9
=25	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	17.9
27	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	17.6
28	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	16.4
29	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	16.2
30	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	16.0
31	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	15.6
32	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	15.5
33	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	15.4
34	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	15.0
35	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	14.3
=36	Bolivia`BOL`South America	14.2
=36	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	14.2
38	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	14.1
=39	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.0
=39	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	14.0
41	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	13.6
42	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	13.4
43	Honduras`HND`Central America	13.2
44	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	13.1
45	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	12.6
46	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	12.2
47	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	11.7
48	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	11.5
49	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	11.4
50	Niger`NER`Western Africa	11.1
=51	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	10.6
=51	India`IND`Southern Asia	10.6
53	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	10.5
54	Ecuador`ECU`South America	10.4
55	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.3
56	Suriname`SUR`South America	9.3
57	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	9.2
58	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8.8
59	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	8.1
=60	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8.0
=60	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	8.0
62	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7.8
63	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	7.6
=64	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	7.4
=64	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	7.4
=66	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7.3
=66	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	7.3
=66	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	7.3
=66	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	7.3
70	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	7.1
71	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7.0
72	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	6.8
=73	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	6.6
=73	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.6
75	Peru`PER`South America	6.5
=76	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	6.4
=76	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6.4
78	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6.3
79	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6.1
=80	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6.0
=80	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6.0
=80	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	6.0
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5.9
=84	Belize`BLZ`Central America	5.8
=84	Panama`PAN`Central America	5.8
=86	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	5.5
=86	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5.5
=86	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5.5
89	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5.0
=90	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	4.9
=90	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	4.9
=90	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.9
93	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.6
94	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	4.3
95	Colombia`COL`South America	4.2
96	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.1
97	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3.7
=98	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.5
=98	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3.5
=98	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3.5
=101	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3.4
=101	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	3.4
=101	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.4
104	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3.3
105	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3.2
=106	Chile`CHL`South America	3.1
=106	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.1
=106	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.1
109	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2.9
=110	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2.6
=110	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.6
=110	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2.6
=113	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2.5
=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	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 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Somalia59.0
2North Korea47.5
3Haiti40.3
4Mozambique38.3
5Madagascar36.0

Lowest

113Uzbekistanshared2.5
113United Statesshared2.5
113Uruguayshared2.5
113Türkiyeshared2.5
113Swedenshared2.5

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
105values changed, of 167 in both
42 · 63rose · fell
62unchanged

Rose most

Venezuela17.4 → 23.7+6.3
Syria14.2 → 18.5+4.3
Haiti38.7 → 40.3+1.6
North Korea46.0 → 47.5+1.5
Sierra Leone24.5 → 26.0+1.5

Fell most

Guinea-Bissau19.8 → 13.6−6.2
Mozambique41.6 → 38.3−3.3
Philippines9.7 → 7.8−1.9
Zimbabwe32.8 → 30.9−1.9
Rwanda33.7 → 31.9−1.8

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.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2017). Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/undernourishment/2017

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