Data for 2023

Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2023

Name: Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2023
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Figures for 2023, as FAO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2023 covers 165 countries. Haiti is highest, at 54.2; 62 countries share the lowest reading, 2.5. The middle country reads 5.2. Against 2022, 101 values changed (45 up, 56 down), 1 left.

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Prevalence of Undernourishment · Data for 2023

HighestHaiti

54.2

Lowest62 countries share it

2.5

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

165countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
83distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	54.2
2	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	53.2
3	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	39.5
4	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	39.0
5	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	38.5
6	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	37.2
7	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	36.8
8	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	35.5
9	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	32.0
10	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	29.8
11	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	28.7
12	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	28.1
13	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	26.4
14	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	25.3
15	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	24.4
16	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	24.1
17	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	24.0
18	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	22.5
19	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	22.3
20	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	22.1
21	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	22.0
=22	Bolivia`BOL`South America	21.8
=22	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	21.8
24	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	21.4
25	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	20.2
26	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	20.0
27	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	19.9
=28	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	19.7
=28	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	19.7
30	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	18.7
31	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	18.1
32	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	17.4
33	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	16.8
=34	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	16.5
=34	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	16.5
36	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	15.4
37	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	14.9
38	Honduras`HND`Central America	14.8
39	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	14.7
=40	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	14.3
=40	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	14.3
42	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	13.5
43	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	13.1
=44	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	12.9
=44	Niger`NER`Western Africa	12.9
46	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	12.3
47	Ecuador`ECU`South America	12.1
48	India`IND`Southern Asia	12.0
49	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	11.8
50	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	11.4
=51	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	11.2
=51	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	11.2
53	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	11.1
54	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10.4
55	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	10.0
56	Suriname`SUR`South America	9.7
57	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	9.4
58	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	9.1
=59	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	8.7
=59	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	8.7
=59	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	8.7
62	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	8.4
63	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	7.7
64	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	7.4
65	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	7.2
=66	Belize`BLZ`Central America	7.0
=66	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	7.0
=68	Peru`PER`South America	6.9
=68	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	6.9
=70	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	6.8
=70	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6.8
72	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6.7
=73	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	6.3
=73	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6.3
75	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	6.1
=76	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5.9
=76	Venezuela`VEN`South America	5.9
78	Panama`PAN`Central America	5.7
=79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	5.4
=79	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5.4
=81	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	5.3
=81	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5.3
=83	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5.2
=83	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5.2
=85	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5.1
=85	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.1
87	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	4.9
88	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	4.8
89	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	4.6
90	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	4.4
91	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4.3
92	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	4.1
93	Colombia`COL`South America	3.9
94	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	3.8
=95	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3.6
=95	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3.6
=95	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3.6
98	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.4
=99	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	3.1
=99	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	3.1
=101	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3.0
=101	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3.0
103	Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.7
=104	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2.5
=104	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2.5
=104	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.5
=104	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.5
=104	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2.5
=104	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.5
=104	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	2.5
=104	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.5
=104	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.5
=104	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2.5
=104	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.5
=104	Chile`CHL`South America	2.5
=104	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.5
=104	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.5
=104	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.5
=104	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.5
=104	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.5
=104	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.5
=104	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2.5
=104	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.5
=104	France`FRA`Western Europe	2.5
=104	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2.5
=104	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.5
=104	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.5
=104	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.5
=104	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.5
=104	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.5
=104	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.5
=104	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.5
=104	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2.5
=104	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2.5
=104	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.5
=104	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.5
=104	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.5
=104	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.5
=104	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2.5
=104	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.5
=104	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2.5
=104	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.5
=104	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.5
=104	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	2.5
=104	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.5
=104	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2.5
=104	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.5
=104	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.5
=104	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.5
=104	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2.5
=104	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	2.5
=104	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2.5
=104	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	2.5
=104	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.5
=104	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.5
=104	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.5
=104	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.5
=104	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.5
=104	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	2.5
=104	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.5
=104	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.5
=104	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.5
=104	United States`USA`Northern America	2.5
=104	Uruguay`URY`South America	2.5
=104	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	2.5

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Haiti54.2
2Somalia53.2
3Madagascar39.5
4Syria39.0
5DR Congo38.5

Lowest

104Uzbekistanshared2.5
104United Statesshared2.5
104Uruguayshared2.5
104Türkiyeshared2.5
104Seychellesshared2.5

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.2. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
101values changed, of 165 in both
45 · 56rose · fell
64unchanged

Rose most

Haiti51.1 → 54.2+3.1
Syria35.9 → 39.0+3.1
Mali9.9 → 12.3+2.4
Gabon23.5 → 25.3+1.8
Eswatini13.1 → 14.7+1.6

Fell most

Rwanda26.6 → 24.4−2.2
Uganda24.2 → 22.0−2.2
Solomon Islands22.0 → 20.0−2.0
Togo11.1 → 9.1−2.0
Zimbabwe21.4 → 19.7−1.7

− Nicaragua

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

83 distinct values among 165
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 62 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 165 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2023). Prevalence of Undernourishment, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/undernourishment/2023

0623 held

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