Data for 2019

Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2019

Name: Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2019
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Figures for 2019, as FAO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2019 covers 166 countries. Somalia is highest, at 53.9; 55 countries share the lowest reading, 2.5. The middle country reads 5.4. Against 2018, 106 values changed (55 up, 51 down), 1 left.

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Prevalence of Undernourishment · Data for 2019

HighestSomalia

53.9

Lowest55 countries share it

2.5

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

166countries
1measure
2019the year it describes
90distinct 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	53.9
2	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	42.6
3	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	38.9
4	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	36.6
5	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	35.6
6	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	34.1
7	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	33.1
8	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	32.1
9	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	30.0
10	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	29.8
11	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	29.0
12	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	28.3
13	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	28.2
14	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	27.8
15	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	27.4
16	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	25.2
17	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	25.1
18	Venezuela`VEN`South America	24.1
19	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.7
20	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	23.0
21	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	22.8
22	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	19.3
23	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	19.0
24	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	18.9
25	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	18.6
26	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	18.5
=27	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	18.2
=27	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	18.2
29	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	17.0
30	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	16.9
31	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	16.8
32	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	15.7
33	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	15.4
=34	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.3
=34	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	14.3
36	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	14.0
37	Bolivia`BOL`South America	13.6
=38	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	13.5
=38	Honduras`HND`Central America	13.5
40	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	13.4
41	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	13.2
42	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	13.1
43	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12.9
44	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	12.8
45	Ecuador`ECU`South America	12.7
46	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	12.5
47	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	11.9
=48	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	11.8
=48	India`IND`Southern Asia	11.8
50	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	11.7
51	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10.9
52	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.8
53	Niger`NER`Western Africa	10.1
54	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	9.7
55	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	9.4
56	Suriname`SUR`South America	8.7
57	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	8.6
58	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	7.9
59	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	7.7
60	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	7.6
61	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	7.3
62	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	7.2
63	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	7.1
=64	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6.8
=64	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	6.8
66	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6.7
=67	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	6.6
=67	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	6.6
=67	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.6
=70	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6.4
=70	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6.4
72	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	6.3
=73	Peru`PER`South America	6.2
=73	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.2
=75	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6.1
=75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6.1
77	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	6.0
78	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5.9
79	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	5.8
80	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	5.6
=81	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	5.5
=81	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	5.5
83	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5.4
84	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5.3
85	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5.1
86	Belize`BLZ`Central America	5.0
87	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4.9
88	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.8
89	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	4.6
=90	Panama`PAN`Central America	4.5
=90	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.5
92	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	4.3
=93	Colombia`COL`South America	4.1
=93	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	4.1
=93	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4.1
=96	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3.8
=96	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	3.8
=98	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.6
=98	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	3.6
100	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3.4
101	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3.2
102	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.1
103	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3.0
=104	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.8
=104	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2.8
=104	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2.8
=104	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.8
=104	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.8
=109	Chile`CHL`South America	2.7
=109	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.7
=109	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.7
=112	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2.5
=112	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2.5
=112	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.5
=112	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.5
=112	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2.5
=112	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.5
=112	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	2.5
=112	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.5
=112	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.5
=112	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.5
=112	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.5
=112	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.5
=112	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.5
=112	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.5
=112	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.5
=112	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.5
=112	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2.5
=112	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.5
=112	France`FRA`Western Europe	2.5
=112	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.5
=112	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.5
=112	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2.5
=112	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.5
=112	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.5
=112	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.5
=112	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.5
=112	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2.5
=112	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2.5
=112	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.5
=112	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.5
=112	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.5
=112	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.5
=112	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.5
=112	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2.5
=112	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.5
=112	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	2.5
=112	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.5
=112	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.5
=112	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.5
=112	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.5
=112	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2.5
=112	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	2.5
=112	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2.5
=112	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	2.5
=112	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.5
=112	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.5
=112	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.5
=112	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.5
=112	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	2.5
=112	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.5
=112	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.5
=112	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.5
=112	United States`USA`Northern America	2.5
=112	Uruguay`URY`South America	2.5
=112	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	2.5

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Somalia53.9
2Haiti42.6
3Madagascar38.9
4Liberia36.6
5Rwanda35.6

Lowest

112Uzbekistanshared2.5
112United Statesshared2.5
112Uruguayshared2.5
112Türkiyeshared2.5
112Tunisiashared2.5

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.4. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
106values changed, of 166 in both
55 · 51rose · fell
60unchanged

Rose most

Syria22.8 → 27.4+4.6
Rwanda32.7 → 35.6+2.9
Afghanistan22.6 → 25.1+2.5
Ethiopia16.1 → 18.5+2.4
Angola15.9 → 18.2+2.3

Fell most

Mozambique32.5 → 28.3−4.2
Uganda35.9 → 33.1−2.8
Somalia56.2 → 53.9−2.3
Eswatini13.4 → 11.7−1.7
Sri Lanka5.3 → 3.8−1.5

− North Korea

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 166
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 166 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2019). Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/undernourishment/2019

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