Prevalence of undernourishment
Ranked among 165 profiles with 2023 data. Status, source, and year are named on each row. Taiwan and Kosovo remain special status in this list.
Unit: percent of population. Preferred source: world-bank-wdi.
| Rank | Profile | Status | 2023 value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haiti | UN member | 54.2 actual |
| 2 | Somalia | UN member | 53.2 actual |
| 3 | Madagascar | UN member | 39.5 actual |
| 4 | Syria | UN member | 39 actual |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | UN member | 38.5 actual |
| 6 | Zambia | UN member | 37.2 actual |
| 7 | Kenya | UN member | 36.8 actual |
| 8 | Liberia | UN member | 35.5 actual |
| 9 | Chad | UN member | 32 actual |
| 10 | Central African Republic | UN member | 29.8 actual |
| 11 | Papua New Guinea | UN member | 28.7 actual |
| 12 | Afghanistan | UN member | 28.1 actual |
| 13 | Republic of the Congo | UN member | 26.4 actual |
| 14 | Gabon | UN member | 25.3 actual |
| 15 | Rwanda | UN member | 24.4 actual |
| 16 | Sierra Leone | UN member | 24.1 actual |
| 17 | Botswana | UN member | 24 actual |
| 18 | Angola | UN member | 22.5 actual |
| 19 | South Sudan | UN member | 22.3 actual |
| 20 | Guinea-Bissau | UN member | 22.1 actual |
| 21 | Uganda | UN member | 22 actual |
| 22 | Bolivia | UN member | 21.8 actual |
| 22 | Mozambique | UN member | 21.8 actual |
| 24 | Malawi | UN member | 21.4 actual |
| 25 | Tanzania | UN member | 20.2 actual |
| 26 | Solomon Islands | UN member | 20 actual |
| 27 | Nigeria | UN member | 19.9 actual |
| 28 | Ethiopia | UN member | 19.7 actual |
| 28 | Zimbabwe | UN member | 19.7 actual |
| 30 | Timor-Leste | UN member | 18.7 actual |
| 31 | Namibia | UN member | 18.1 actual |
| 32 | Sao Tome and Principe | UN member | 17.4 actual |
| 33 | Gambia | UN member | 16.8 actual |
| 34 | Libya | UN member | 16.5 actual |
| 34 | Pakistan | UN member | 16.5 actual |
| 36 | Comoros | UN member | 15.4 actual |
| 37 | Iraq | UN member | 14.9 actual |
| 38 | Honduras | UN member | 14.8 actual |
| 39 | Eswatini | UN member | 14.7 actual |
| 40 | Benin | UN member | 14.3 actual |
| 40 | Jordan | UN member | 14.3 actual |
| 42 | Cabo Verde | UN member | 13.5 actual |
| 43 | Burkina Faso | UN member | 13.1 actual |
| 44 | Djibouti | UN member | 12.9 actual |
| 44 | Niger | UN member | 12.9 actual |
| 46 | Mali | UN member | 12.3 actual |
| 47 | Ecuador | UN member | 12.1 actual |
| 48 | India | UN member | 12 actual |
| 49 | Guatemala | UN member | 11.8 actual |
| 50 | Guinea | UN member | 11.4 actual |
| 51 | Macau | Special administrative region | 11.2 actual |
| 51 | Trinidad and Tobago | UN member | 11.2 actual |
| 53 | Côte d’Ivoire | UN member | 11.1 actual |
| 54 | Bangladesh | UN member | 10.4 actual |
| 55 | South Africa | UN member | 10 actual |
| 56 | Suriname | UN member | 9.7 actual |
| 57 | Egypt | UN member | 9.4 actual |
| 58 | Togo | UN member | 9.1 actual |
| 59 | Lebanon | UN member | 8.7 actual |
| 59 | Mauritania | UN member | 8.7 actual |
| 59 | Mauritius | UN member | 8.7 actual |
| 62 | Tajikistan | UN member | 8.4 actual |
| 63 | Jamaica | UN member | 7.7 actual |
| 64 | Sri Lanka | UN member | 7.4 actual |
| 65 | Vanuatu | UN member | 7.2 actual |
| 66 | Belize | UN member | 7 actual |
| 66 | Morocco | UN member | 7 actual |
| 68 | Peru | UN member | 6.9 actual |
| 68 | Ukraine | UN member | 6.9 actual |
| 70 | Fiji | UN member | 6.8 actual |
| 70 | Iran | UN member | 6.8 actual |
| 72 | El Salvador | UN member | 6.7 actual |
| 73 | Ghana | UN member | 6.3 actual |
| 73 | Indonesia | UN member | 6.3 actual |
| 75 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | UN member | 6.1 actual |
| 76 | Oman | UN member | 5.9 actual |
| 76 | Venezuela | UN member | 5.9 actual |
| 78 | Panama | UN member | 5.7 actual |
| 79 | Albania | UN member | 5.4 actual |
| 79 | Myanmar | UN member | 5.4 actual |
| 81 | Nepal | UN member | 5.3 actual |
| 81 | Vietnam | UN member | 5.3 actual |
| 83 | Cambodia | UN member | 5.2 actual |
| 83 | Paraguay | UN member | 5.2 actual |
| 85 | Kyrgyzstan | UN member | 5.1 actual |
| 85 | Senegal | UN member | 5.1 actual |
| 87 | New Caledonia | Dependency | 4.9 actual |
| 88 | Cameroon | UN member | 4.8 actual |
| 89 | Thailand | UN member | 4.6 actual |
| 90 | Barbados | UN member | 4.4 actual |
| 91 | Turkmenistan | UN member | 4.3 actual |
| 92 | Kiribati | UN member | 4.1 actual |
| 93 | Colombia | UN member | 3.9 actual |
| 94 | French Polynesia | Dependency | 3.8 actual |
| 95 | Dominica | UN member | 3.6 actual |
| 95 | Dominican Republic | UN member | 3.6 actual |
| 95 | Samoa | UN member | 3.6 actual |
| 98 | Argentina | UN member | 3.4 actual |
| 99 | Hong Kong | Special administrative region | 3.1 actual |
| 99 | Slovakia | UN member | 3.1 actual |
| 101 | Philippines | UN member | 3 actual |
| 101 | Tunisia | UN member | 3 actual |
| 103 | Mexico | UN member | 2.7 actual |
| 104 | Algeria | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Armenia | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Australia | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Austria | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Azerbaijan | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Belarus | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Belgium | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Brazil | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Bulgaria | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Canada | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Chile | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | China | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Costa Rica | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Croatia | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Cyprus | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Czechia | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Denmark | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Estonia | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Finland | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | France | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Georgia | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Germany | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Greece | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Guyana | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Hungary | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Iceland | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Ireland | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Israel | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Italy | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Kazakhstan | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Kuwait | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Latvia | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Lithuania | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Luxembourg | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Malaysia | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Malta | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Moldova | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Mongolia | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Montenegro | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Netherlands | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | New Zealand | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | North Macedonia | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Norway | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Poland | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Portugal | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Romania | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Russia | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Saudi Arabia | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Serbia | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Seychelles | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Slovenia | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | South Korea | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Spain | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Sweden | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Switzerland | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Türkiye | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | United Arab Emirates | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | United Kingdom | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | United States | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Uruguay | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 104 | Uzbekistan | UN member | 2.5 actual |
No 2023 figure
These profiles are not ranked for this year. Absence is not zero.
- Åland Islands Statistical area
- American Samoa Territory
- Andorra UN member
- Anguilla Dependency
- Antigua and Barbuda UN member
- Aruba Dependency
- Bahamas UN member
- Bahrain UN member
- Bermuda Dependency
- Bhutan UN member
- British Virgin Islands Dependency
- Brunei UN member
- Burundi UN member
- Caribbean Netherlands Territory
- Cayman Islands Dependency
- Christmas Island Territory
- Cocos Islands Territory
- Cook Islands Associated state
- Cuba UN member
- Curaçao Dependency
- Equatorial Guinea UN member
- Eritrea UN member
- Falkland Islands Dependency
- Faroe Islands Dependency
- French Guiana Territory
- Gibraltar Dependency
- Greenland Dependency
- Grenada UN member
- Guadeloupe Territory
- Guam Territory
- Guernsey Dependency
- Holy See UN observer
- Isle of Man Dependency
- Japan UN member
- Jersey Dependency
- Kosovo Special status
- Laos UN member
- Lesotho UN member
- Liechtenstein UN member
- Maldives UN member
- Marshall Islands UN member
- Martinique Territory
- Mayotte Territory
- Micronesia UN member
- Monaco UN member
- Montserrat Dependency
- Nauru UN member
- Nicaragua UN member
- Niue Associated state
- Norfolk Island Territory
- North Korea UN member
- Northern Mariana Islands Territory
- Palau UN member
- Palestine UN observer
- Puerto Rico Territory
- Qatar UN member
- Réunion Territory
- Saint Barthélemy Dependency
- Saint Helena Dependency
- Saint Kitts and Nevis UN member
- Saint Lucia UN member
- Saint Martin Dependency
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon Dependency
- San Marino UN member
- Singapore UN member
- Sint Maarten Dependency
- Sudan UN member
- Taiwan Special status
- Tokelau Territory
- Tonga UN member
- Turks and Caicos Islands Dependency
- Tuvalu UN member
- U.S. Virgin Islands Territory
- Wallis and Futuna Dependency
- Western Sahara Special status
- Yemen UN member