Undernourishment
% of population · showing the worst first
168 of 216 countries report a figure for undernourishment
World average: 10.1%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #168 | Haiti | 54.2% | 2023 | |
| #167 | Somalia | 53.2% | 2023 | |
| #166 | North Korea | 47.0% | 2018 | |
| #165 | Madagascar | 39.5% | 2023 | |
| #164 | Syria | 39.0% | 2023 | |
| #163 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 38.5% | 2023 | |
| #162 | Zambia | 37.2% | 2023 | |
| #161 | Kenya | 36.8% | 2023 | |
| #160 | Liberia | 35.5% | 2023 | |
| #159 | Chad | 32.0% | 2023 | |
| #158 | Central African Republic | 29.8% | 2023 | |
| #157 | Papua New Guinea | 28.7% | 2023 | |
| #156 | Afghanistan | 28.1% | 2023 | |
| #155 | Republic of the Congo | 26.4% | 2023 | |
| #154 | Gabon | 25.3% | 2023 | |
| #153 | Rwanda | 24.4% | 2023 | |
| #152 | Sierra Leone | 24.1% | 2023 | |
| #151 | Botswana | 24.0% | 2023 | |
| #150 | Angola | 22.5% | 2023 | |
| #149 | South Sudan | 22.3% | 2023 | |
| #148 | Guinea-Bissau | 22.1% | 2023 | |
| #147 | Uganda | 22.0% | 2023 | |
| #146 | Mozambique | 21.8% | 2023 | |
| #145 | Bolivia | 21.8% | 2023 | |
| #144 | Malawi | 21.4% | 2023 | |
| #143 | Tanzania | 20.2% | 2023 | |
| #142 | Solomon Islands | 20.0% | 2023 | |
| #141 | Nigeria | 19.9% | 2023 | |
| #140 | Zimbabwe | 19.7% | 2023 | |
| #139 | Ethiopia | 19.7% | 2023 | |
| #138 | Timor-Leste | 18.7% | 2023 | |
| #137 | Namibia | 18.1% | 2023 | |
| #136 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 17.4% | 2023 | |
| #135 | Nicaragua | 17.3% | 2022 | |
| #134 | The Gambia | 16.8% | 2023 | |
| #133 | Pakistan | 16.5% | 2023 | |
| #132 | Libya | 16.5% | 2023 | |
| #131 | Comoros | 15.4% | 2023 | |
| #130 | Iraq | 14.9% | 2023 | |
| #129 | Honduras | 14.8% | 2023 | |
| #128 | Eswatini | 14.7% | 2023 | |
| #127 | Jordan | 14.3% | 2023 | |
| #126 | Benin | 14.3% | 2023 | |
| #125 | Cape Verde | 13.5% | 2023 | |
| #124 | Burkina Faso | 13.1% | 2023 | |
| #123 | Niger | 12.9% | 2023 | |
| #122 | Djibouti | 12.9% | 2023 | |
| #121 | Mali | 12.3% | 2023 | |
| #120 | Ecuador | 12.1% | 2023 | |
| #119 | India | 12.0% | 2023 | |
| #118 | Guatemala | 11.8% | 2023 | |
| #117 | Guinea | 11.4% | 2023 | |
| #116 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.2% | 2023 | |
| #115 | Macau | 11.2% | 2023 | |
| #114 | Ivory Coast | 11.1% | 2023 | |
| #113 | Sudan | 11.0% | 2021 | |
| #112 | Bangladesh | 10.4% | 2023 | |
| #111 | South Africa | 10.0% | 2023 | |
| #110 | Suriname | 9.7% | 2023 | |
| #109 | Egypt | 9.4% | 2023 | |
| #108 | Togo | 9.1% | 2023 | |
| #107 | Mauritius | 8.7% | 2023 | |
| #106 | Mauritania | 8.7% | 2023 | |
| #105 | Lebanon | 8.7% | 2023 | |
| #104 | Tajikistan | 8.4% | 2023 | |
| #103 | Jamaica | 7.7% | 2023 | |
| #102 | Sri Lanka | 7.4% | 2023 | |
| #101 | Vanuatu | 7.2% | 2023 | |
| #100 | Morocco | 7.0% | 2023 | |
| #99 | Belize | 7.0% | 2023 | |
| #98 | Ukraine | 6.9% | 2023 | |
| #97 | Peru | 6.9% | 2023 | |
| #96 | Iran | 6.8% | 2023 | |
| #95 | Fiji | 6.8% | 2023 | |
| #94 | El Salvador | 6.7% | 2023 | |
| #93 | Indonesia | 6.3% | 2023 | |
| #92 | Ghana | 6.3% | 2023 | |
| #91 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.1% | 2023 | |
| #90 | Venezuela | 5.9% | 2023 | |
| #89 | Oman | 5.9% | 2023 | |
| #88 | Panama | 5.7% | 2023 | |
| #87 | Myanmar | 5.4% | 2023 | |
| #86 | Albania | 5.4% | 2023 | |
| #85 | Vietnam | 5.3% | 2023 | |
| #84 | Nepal | 5.3% | 2023 | |
| #83 | Paraguay | 5.2% | 2023 | |
| #82 | Cambodia | 5.2% | 2023 | |
| #81 | Senegal | 5.1% | 2023 | |
| #80 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.1% | 2023 | |
| #79 | New Caledonia | 4.9% | 2023 | |
| #78 | Cameroon | 4.8% | 2023 | |
| #77 | Thailand | 4.6% | 2023 | |
| #76 | Barbados | 4.4% | 2023 | |
| #75 | Turkmenistan | 4.3% | 2023 | |
| #74 | Kiribati | 4.1% | 2023 | |
| #73 | Colombia | 3.9% | 2023 | |
| #72 | French Polynesia | 3.8% | 2023 | |
| #71 | Samoa | 3.6% | 2023 | |
| #70 | Dominican Republic | 3.6% | 2023 | |
| #69 | Dominica | 3.6% | 2023 | |
| #68 | Argentina | 3.4% | 2023 | |
| #67 | Slovakia | 3.1% | 2023 | |
| #66 | Hong Kong | 3.1% | 2023 | |
| #65 | Tunisia | 3.0% | 2023 | |
| #64 | Philippines | 3.0% | 2023 | |
| #63 | Mexico | 2.7% | 2023 | |
| #62 | Uzbekistan | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #61 | Uruguay | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #60 | United States | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #59 | United Kingdom | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #58 | United Arab Emirates | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #57 | Turkey | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #56 | Switzerland | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #55 | Sweden | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #54 | Spain | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #53 | Slovenia | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #52 | Seychelles | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #51 | Serbia | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #50 | Saudi Arabia | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #49 | Russia | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #48 | Romania | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #47 | Portugal | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #46 | Poland | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #45 | Norway | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #44 | North Macedonia | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #43 | New Zealand | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #42 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #41 | Montenegro | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #40 | Mongolia | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #39 | Moldova | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #38 | Malta | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #37 | Malaysia | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #36 | Luxembourg | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #35 | Lithuania | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #34 | Latvia | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #33 | Kuwait | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #32 | South Korea | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #31 | Kazakhstan | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #30 | Italy | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #29 | Israel | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #28 | Ireland | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #27 | Iceland | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #26 | Hungary | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #25 | Guyana | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #24 | Greece | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #23 | Germany | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #22 | Georgia | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #21 | France | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #20 | Finland | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #19 | Estonia | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #18 | Denmark | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #17 | Czech Republic | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #16 | Cyprus | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #15 | Croatia | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #14 | Costa Rica | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #13 | People's Republic of China | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #12 | Chile | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #11 | Canada | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #10 | Bulgaria | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #9 | Brazil | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #8 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #7 | Belgium | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #6 | Belarus | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #5 | Azerbaijan | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #4 | Austria | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #3 | Australia | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #2 | Armenia | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #1 | Algeria | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| — | American Samoa | — | — | |
| — | Andorra | — | — | |
| — | Antigua and Barbuda | — | — | |
| — | Aruba | — | — | |
| — | The Bahamas | — | — | |
| — | Bahrain | — | — | |
| — | Bermuda | — | — | |
| — | Bhutan | — | — | |
| — | British Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Brunei | — | — | |
| — | Burundi | — | — | |
| — | Cayman Islands | — | — | |
| — | Cuba | — | — | |
| — | Curaçao | — | — | |
| — | Equatorial Guinea | — | — | |
| — | Eritrea | — | — | |
| — | Faroe Islands | — | — | |
| — | Gibraltar | — | — | |
| — | Greenland | — | — | |
| — | Grenada | — | — | |
| — | Guam | — | — | |
| — | Isle of Man | — | — | |
| — | Japan | — | — | |
| — | Kosovo | — | — | |
| — | Laos | — | — | |
| — | Lesotho | — | — | |
| — | Liechtenstein | — | — | |
| — | Maldives | — | — | |
| — | Marshall Islands | — | — | |
| — | Federated States of Micronesia | — | — | |
| — | Monaco | — | — | |
| — | Nauru | — | — | |
| — | Northern Mariana Islands | — | — | |
| — | Palau | — | — | |
| — | Puerto Rico | — | — | |
| — | Qatar | — | — | |
| — | San Marino | — | — | |
| — | Singapore | — | — | |
| — | Sint Maarten | — | — | |
| — | Saint Kitts and Nevis | — | — | |
| — | Saint Lucia | — | — | |
| — | Saint-Martin | — | — | |
| — | Tonga | — | — | |
| — | Turks and Caicos Islands | — | — | |
| — | Tuvalu | — | — | |
| — | United States Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Palestine | — | — | |
| — | Yemen | — | — |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)