B BullDozer

Undernourishment

Share of the population whose food intake is insufficient. Our World in Data, 2016–2023.

Source: Our World in Data Licence: CC BY 4.0 Unit: % Parsed: 2026-09-28 Open source ↗

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Avg (2023)
9.7%
0.00pp vs 2022
Improving
26
of 167 tracked
Declining
28
period over period
Stable
113
±0.5pp band

Undernourishment

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Trend over time

Group average by period, 2016–2023.

1.4%6%10.7%15.3%20% 20162017201820192020202120222023
AsiaEuropeAfricaAmericas

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Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

EntityNowChange
🇭🇹 Haiti 54.2% +3.1pp
🇸🇾 Syria 39% +3.1pp
🇲🇱 Mali 12.3% +2.4pp
🇬🇦 Gabon 25.3% +1.8pp
🇸🇿 Eswatini 14.7% +1.6pp

Top fallers

EntityNowChange
🇳🇮 Nicaragua 0% -17.3pp
🇷🇼 Rwanda 24.4% -2.2pp
🇺🇬 Uganda 22% -2.2pp
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 20% -2.0pp
🇹🇬 Togo 9.1% -2.0pp

By group

Change by group, latest period.

Africa +0.10pp
Europe 0.00pp
Asia -0.10pp
Americas -0.30pp
GroupMembersAvgChange
Africa 49 18.7% +0.10pp
Asia 45 8.1% -0.10pp
Americas 28 8.1% -0.30pp
Europe 44 2.7% 0.00pp

Undernourishment — full ranking

Every entity in this dataset, in HTML. The interactive panel above shows the same numbers; this is the one that survives without JavaScript.

166 entities, 2023, change vs 2022. Highest first.
#EntityUndernourishmentChange
1🇭🇹 Haiti54.2%+3.1pp
2🇸🇴 Somalia53.2%+0.40pp
3🇲🇬 Madagascar39.5%-0.40pp
4🇸🇾 Syria39%+3.1pp
5🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of Congo38.5%+1.2pp
6🇿🇲 Zambia37.2%+1.0pp
7🇰🇪 Kenya36.8%+1.5pp
8🇱🇷 Liberia35.5%-1.5pp
9🇹🇩 Chad32%+1.5pp
10🇨🇫 Central African Republic29.8%+0.20pp
11🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea28.7%-0.10pp
12🇦🇫 Afghanistan28.1%-0.80pp
13🇨🇬 Congo26.4%-0.40pp
14🇬🇦 Gabon25.3%+1.8pp
15🇷🇼 Rwanda24.4%-2.2pp
16🇸🇱 Sierra Leone24.1%-1.1pp
17🇧🇼 Botswana24%+1.5pp
18🇦🇴 Angola22.5%-0.60pp
19🇸🇸 South Sudan22.3%+1.3pp
20🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau22.1%+0.10pp
21🇺🇬 Uganda22%-2.2pp
22🇧🇴 Bolivia21.8%+0.20pp
23🇲🇿 Mozambique21.8%0.00pp
24🇲🇼 Malawi21.4%+0.70pp
25🇹🇿 Tanzania20.2%-1.2pp
26🇸🇧 Solomon Islands20%-2.0pp
27🇳🇬 Nigeria19.9%+1.2pp
28🇪🇹 Ethiopia19.7%-0.50pp
29🇿🇼 Zimbabwe19.7%-1.7pp
30🇹🇱 East Timor18.7%+0.50pp
31🇳🇦 Namibia18.1%-0.30pp
32🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe17.4%+0.70pp
33🇬🇲 Gambia16.8%-1.5pp
34🇱🇾 Libya16.5%-0.10pp
35🇵🇰 Pakistan16.5%-0.20pp
36🇰🇲 Comoros15.4%-0.80pp
37🇮🇶 Iraq14.9%-0.40pp
38🇭🇳 Honduras14.8%+0.80pp
39🇸🇿 Eswatini14.7%+1.6pp
40🇧🇯 Benin14.3%+1.0pp
41🇯🇴 Jordan14.3%-0.80pp
42🇨🇻 Cape Verde13.5%+0.70pp
43🇧🇫 Burkina Faso13.1%-0.80pp
44🇩🇯 Djibouti12.9%+0.40pp
45🇳🇪 Niger12.9%+0.20pp
46🇲🇱 Mali12.3%+2.4pp
47🇪🇨 Ecuador12.1%-0.70pp
48🇮🇳 India12%-1.5pp
49🇬🇹 Guatemala11.8%-0.30pp
50🇬🇳 Guinea11.4%+1.0pp
51🇲🇴 Macao11.2%+0.80pp
52🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago11.2%-0.70pp
53🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire11.1%+0.70pp
54🇧🇩 Bangladesh10.4%-0.20pp
55🇿🇦 South Africa10%0.00pp
56🇸🇷 Suriname9.7%-0.20pp
57🇪🇬 Egypt9.4%+0.60pp
58🇹🇬 Togo9.1%-2.0pp
59🇱🇧 Lebanon8.7%-1.1pp
60🇲🇷 Mauritania8.7%+0.10pp
61🇲🇺 Mauritius8.7%+0.80pp
62🇹🇯 Tajikistan8.4%-0.20pp
63🇯🇲 Jamaica7.7%+0.20pp
64🇱🇰 Sri Lanka7.4%+1.3pp
65🇻🇺 Vanuatu7.2%-0.80pp
66🇧🇿 Belize7%+1.2pp
67🇲🇦 Morocco7%+0.10pp
68🇵🇪 Peru6.9%+0.30pp
69🇺🇦 Ukraine6.9%+0.90pp
70🇫🇯 Fiji6.8%-0.50pp
71🇮🇷 Iran6.8%+0.10pp
72🇸🇻 El Salvador6.7%-0.10pp
73🇬🇭 Ghana6.3%+0.40pp
74🇮🇩 Indonesia6.3%-0.30pp
75🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines6.1%+0.20pp
76🇴🇲 Oman5.9%0.00pp
77🇻🇪 Venezuela5.9%-1.4pp
78🇵🇦 Panama5.7%-0.10pp
79🇦🇱 Albania5.4%-0.80pp
80🇲🇲 Myanmar5.4%+0.20pp
81🇳🇵 Nepal5.3%-0.10pp
82🇻🇳 Vietnam5.3%-0.10pp
83🇰🇭 Cambodia5.2%-0.60pp
84🇵🇾 Paraguay5.2%+0.80pp
85🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan5.1%-0.10pp
86🇸🇳 Senegal5.1%0.00pp
87🇳🇨 New Caledonia4.9%-0.30pp
88🇨🇲 Cameroon4.8%-0.30pp
89🇹🇭 Thailand4.6%-0.50pp
90🇧🇧 Barbados4.4%+0.20pp
91🇹🇲 Turkmenistan4.3%+0.30pp
92🇰🇮 Kiribati4.1%-0.40pp
93🇨🇴 Colombia3.9%-0.20pp
94🇵🇫 French Polynesia3.8%-0.80pp
95🇹🇼 Taiwan3.8%-0.10pp
96🇩🇲 Dominica3.6%-0.80pp
97🇩🇴 Dominican Republic3.6%-0.80pp
98🇼🇸 Samoa3.6%-0.60pp
99🇦🇷 Argentina3.4%+0.10pp
100🇭🇰 Hong Kong3.1%+0.20pp
101🇸🇰 Slovakia3.1%-0.10pp
102🇵🇭 Philippines3%-0.50pp
103🇹🇳 Tunisia3%-0.20pp
104🇲🇽 Mexico2.7%-0.10pp
105🇩🇿 Algeria2.5%0.00pp
106🇦🇲 Armenia2.5%0.00pp
107🇦🇺 Australia2.5%0.00pp
108🇦🇹 Austria2.5%0.00pp
109🇦🇿 Azerbaijan2.5%0.00pp
110🇧🇾 Belarus2.5%0.00pp
111🇧🇪 Belgium2.5%0.00pp
112🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina2.5%0.00pp
113🇧🇷 Brazil2.5%-0.70pp
114🇧🇬 Bulgaria2.5%0.00pp
115🇨🇦 Canada2.5%0.00pp
116🇨🇱 Chile2.5%0.00pp
117🇨🇳 China2.5%0.00pp
118🇨🇷 Costa Rica2.5%0.00pp
119🇭🇷 Croatia2.5%0.00pp
120🇨🇾 Cyprus2.5%0.00pp
121🇨🇿 Czechia2.5%0.00pp
122🇩🇰 Denmark2.5%0.00pp
123🇪🇪 Estonia2.5%0.00pp
124🇫🇮 Finland2.5%0.00pp
125🇫🇷 France2.5%0.00pp
126🇬🇪 Georgia2.5%-0.40pp
127🇩🇪 Germany2.5%0.00pp
128🇬🇷 Greece2.5%0.00pp
129🇬🇾 Guyana2.5%0.00pp
130🇭🇺 Hungary2.5%0.00pp
131🇮🇸 Iceland2.5%0.00pp
132🇮🇪 Ireland2.5%0.00pp
133🇮🇱 Israel2.5%0.00pp
134🇮🇹 Italy2.5%0.00pp
135🇰🇿 Kazakhstan2.5%0.00pp
136🇰🇼 Kuwait2.5%0.00pp
137🇱🇻 Latvia2.5%0.00pp
138🇱🇹 Lithuania2.5%0.00pp
139🇱🇺 Luxembourg2.5%0.00pp
140🇲🇾 Malaysia2.5%0.00pp
141🇲🇹 Malta2.5%0.00pp
142🇲🇩 Moldova2.5%0.00pp
143🇲🇳 Mongolia2.5%0.00pp
144🇲🇪 Montenegro2.5%0.00pp
145🇳🇱 Netherlands2.5%0.00pp
146🇳🇿 New Zealand2.5%0.00pp
147🇲🇰 North Macedonia2.5%0.00pp
148🇳🇴 Norway2.5%0.00pp
149🇵🇱 Poland2.5%0.00pp
150🇵🇹 Portugal2.5%0.00pp
151🇷🇴 Romania2.5%0.00pp
152🇷🇺 Russia2.5%0.00pp
153🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia2.5%0.00pp
154🇷🇸 Serbia2.5%0.00pp
155🇸🇨 Seychelles2.5%0.00pp
156🇸🇮 Slovenia2.5%0.00pp
157🇰🇷 South Korea2.5%0.00pp
158🇪🇸 Spain2.5%0.00pp
159🇸🇪 Sweden2.5%0.00pp
160🇨🇭 Switzerland2.5%0.00pp
161🇹🇷 Turkey2.5%0.00pp
162🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates2.5%0.00pp
163🇬🇧 United Kingdom2.5%0.00pp
164🇺🇸 United States2.5%0.00pp
165🇺🇾 Uruguay2.5%0.00pp
166🇺🇿 Uzbekistan2.5%0.00pp

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