Data for 2022

Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2022

Name: Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2022
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Figures for 2022, as FAO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2022 covers 166 countries. Somalia is highest, at 52.8; 60 countries share the lowest reading, 2.5. The middle country reads 5.3. Against 2021, 103 values changed (56 up, 47 down), 1 left.

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Prevalence of Undernourishment · Data for 2022

HighestSomalia

52.8

Lowest60 countries share it

2.5

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

166countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
82distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	52.8
2	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	51.1
3	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	39.9
4	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	37.3
5	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	37.0
6	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	36.2
7	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	35.9
8	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	35.3
9	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	30.5
10	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	29.6
11	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	28.9
12	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	28.8
13	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	26.8
14	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	26.6
15	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	25.2
16	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	24.2
17	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	23.5
18	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	23.1
19	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	22.5
=20	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	22.0
=20	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	22.0
22	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	21.8
23	Bolivia`BOL`South America	21.6
=24	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	21.4
=24	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	21.4
26	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	21.0
27	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	20.7
28	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	20.2
29	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	18.7
30	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	18.4
31	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	18.3
32	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	18.2
33	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	17.3
=34	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	16.7
=34	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	16.7
36	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	16.6
37	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	16.2
38	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	15.3
39	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	15.1
40	Honduras`HND`Central America	14.0
41	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	13.9
42	India`IND`Southern Asia	13.5
43	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	13.3
44	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	13.1
=45	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	12.8
=45	Ecuador`ECU`South America	12.8
47	Niger`NER`Western Africa	12.7
48	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	12.5
49	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	12.1
50	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	11.9
51	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	11.1
52	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10.6
=53	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	10.4
=53	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	10.4
=53	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	10.4
56	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	10.0
=57	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	9.9
=57	Suriname`SUR`South America	9.9
59	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	9.8
60	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	8.8
=61	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	8.6
=61	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	8.6
63	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	8.0
64	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	7.9
65	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	7.5
=66	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7.3
=66	Venezuela`VEN`South America	7.3
68	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	6.9
69	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6.8
70	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6.7
=71	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6.6
=71	Peru`PER`South America	6.6
73	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	6.2
74	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	6.1
75	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	6.0
=76	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.9
=76	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5.9
=76	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	5.9
=79	Belize`BLZ`Central America	5.8
=79	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5.8
=79	Panama`PAN`Central America	5.8
=82	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	5.4
=82	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5.4
=84	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5.2
=84	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5.2
=84	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	5.2
=87	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	5.1
=87	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.1
=87	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	5.1
90	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	4.6
91	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	4.5
=92	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	4.4
=92	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4.4
=92	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.4
=95	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	4.2
=95	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.2
97	Colombia`COL`South America	4.1
98	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4.0
99	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3.5
100	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.3
=101	Brazil`BRA`South America	3.2
=101	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	3.2
=101	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3.2
=104	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2.9
=104	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2.9
106	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.8
=107	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2.5
=107	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2.5
=107	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.5
=107	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.5
=107	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2.5
=107	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.5
=107	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	2.5
=107	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.5
=107	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2.5
=107	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.5
=107	Chile`CHL`South America	2.5
=107	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.5
=107	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.5
=107	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.5
=107	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.5
=107	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.5
=107	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.5
=107	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2.5
=107	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.5
=107	France`FRA`Western Europe	2.5
=107	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.5
=107	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.5
=107	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.5
=107	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.5
=107	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.5
=107	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.5
=107	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.5
=107	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2.5
=107	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2.5
=107	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.5
=107	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.5
=107	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.5
=107	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.5
=107	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2.5
=107	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.5
=107	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2.5
=107	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.5
=107	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.5
=107	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	2.5
=107	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.5
=107	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2.5
=107	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.5
=107	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.5
=107	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.5
=107	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2.5
=107	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	2.5
=107	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2.5
=107	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	2.5
=107	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.5
=107	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.5
=107	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.5
=107	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.5
=107	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.5
=107	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	2.5
=107	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.5
=107	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.5
=107	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.5
=107	United States`USA`Northern America	2.5
=107	Uruguay`URY`South America	2.5
=107	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	2.5

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Somalia52.8
2Haiti51.1
3Madagascar39.9
4DR Congo37.3
5Liberia37.0

Lowest

107Uzbekistanshared2.5
107United Statesshared2.5
107Uruguayshared2.5
107Türkiyeshared2.5
107Seychellesshared2.5

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.3. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
103values changed, of 166 in both
56 · 47rose · fell
63unchanged

Rose most

Kenya31.6 → 35.3+3.7
Haiti47.8 → 51.1+3.3
Syria33.2 → 35.9+2.7
Mali7.3 → 9.9+2.6
Bolivia19.1 → 21.6+2.5

Fell most

Venezuela13.0 → 7.3−5.7
Rwanda31.0 → 26.6−4.4
Zimbabwe24.8 → 21.4−3.4
Togo13.7 → 11.1−2.6
Georgia4.8 → 2.9−1.9

− Sudan

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

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

82 distinct values among 166
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 60 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) (2022). Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/undernourishment/2022

0623 held

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