Undernourishment

percent of population, 2001–2019

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    2001 Ranking
    1. Angola 67.50
    2. Somalia 57.90
    3. Haiti 53.20
    4. Sierra Leone 50.70
    5. Afghanistan 47.80
    6. Ethiopia 47.00
    7. Djibouti 42.00
    8. Timor Leste 41.50
    9. Central African Republic 39.20
    10. Chad 38.80
    11. Rwanda 38.50
    12. Congo (Kinshasa) 38.20
    13. Burma (Myanmar) 37.60
    14. Liberia 36.60
    15. Mozambique 36.50
    16. Madagascar 33.80
    17. Tanzania 33.00
    18. Kenya 32.20
    19. Togo 31.30
    20. Laos 31.20
    21. Mongolia 31.10
    22. Bolivia 27.90
    23. Nicaragua 27.50
    24. Congo (Brazzaville) 27.00
    25. Yemen 26.70
    26. Papua New Guinea 26.30
    27. Armenia 26.10
    28. Panama 24.50
    29. Senegal 24.00
    30. Botswana 23.70
    31. Cambodia 23.60
    32. Malawi 23.60
    33. Nepal 23.50
    34. Cameroon 22.90
    35. Burkina Faso 22.60
    36. Iraq 22.40
    37. Guatemala 22.20
    38. Honduras 21.90
    39. Sudan 21.50
    40. Peru 21.50
    41. Macau 21.20
    42. Pakistan 21.10
    43. Ecuador 21.00
    44. Dominican Republic 20.40
    45. Ivory Coast 20.40
    46. Lesotho 20.00
    47. Vietnam 19.70
    48. Indonesia 19.20
    49. Philippines 18.70
    50. India 18.40
    51. Uzbekistan 17.90
    52. Gambia 17.80
    53. Thailand 17.30
    54. Benin 17.20
    55. Azerbaijan 17.00
    56. Sri Lanka 16.90
    57. Mali 16.20
    58. Bangladesh 15.90
    59. Kyrgyzstan 15.10
    60. Venezuela 14.90
    61. Ghana 14.90
    62. Saint Thomas and Principe 14.70
    63. Cape Verde 14.50
    64. Namibia 13.50
    65. Saint Vincent and Grenadines 13.40
    66. Solomon Islands 13.30
    67. Oman 12.30
    68. Suriname 11.80
    69. Gabon 10.70
    70. Brazil 10.70
    71. Swaziland 10.50
    72. Paraguay 10.50
    73. China 10.10
    74. Trinidad and Tobago 10.00
    75. Jordan 9.70
    76. Montenegro 9.60
    77. Nigeria 8.90
    78. Colombia 8.70
    79. New Caledonia 8.40
    80. Mauritania 8.30
    81. Algeria 8.00
    82. Lebanon 7.80
    83. Georgia 7.70
    84. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) 7.50
    85. Vanuatu 7.40
    86. Jamaica 7.40
    87. El Salvador 7.20
    88. Turkmenistan 6.80
    89. Croatia 6.80
    90. Kazakhstan 6.50
    91. Guyana 6.50
    92. Barbados 6.40
    93. Morocco 6.30
    94. Slovakia 6.10
    95. Belize 5.80
    96. Mauritius 5.70
    97. Egypt 5.20
    98. Cyprus 5.10
    99. Saudi Arabia 4.90
    100. Albania 4.90
    101. Iran 4.80
    102. Costa Rica 4.70
    103. Latvia 4.60
    104. Tunisia 4.40
    105. Kiribati 4.40
    106. French Polynesia 4.20
    107. Bulgaria 4.00
    108. Fiji 4.00
    109. Russia 4.00
    110. South Africa 3.90
    111. Dominica 3.70
    112. Estonia 3.60
    113. Uruguay 3.60
    114. Samoa 3.50
    115. Chile 3.40
    116. Mexico 3.30
    117. United Arab Emirates 3.30
    118. Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.20
    119. Serbia 3.10
    120. Ukraine 3.00
    121. Argentina 3.00
    122. Kuwait 2.60
    123. Brunei 2.60
    124. Australia 2.50
    125. Spain 2.50
    126. Switzerland 2.50
    127. United States 2.50
    128. United Kingdom 2.50
    129. Turkey 2.50
    130. Sweden 2.50
    131. Canada 2.50
    132. Slovenia 2.50
    133. Italy 2.50
    134. Cuba 2.50
    135. Czech Republic 2.50
    136. Denmark 2.50
    137. Finland 2.50
    138. France 2.50
    139. Germany 2.50
    140. Greece 2.50
    141. Hong Kong 2.50
    142. Hungary 2.50
    143. Iceland 2.50
    144. Ireland 2.50
    145. Israel 2.50
    146. Japan 2.50
    147. Austria 2.50
    148. South Korea 2.50
    149. Lithuania 2.50
    150. Luxembourg 2.50
    151. Malta 2.50
    152. Belgium 2.50
    153. Belarus 2.50
    154. Netherlands 2.50
    155. New Zealand 2.50
    156. Norway 2.50
    157. Poland 2.50
    158. Portugal 2.50
    159. Romania 2.50
    160. Malaysia 2.50
    2019 Ranking
    1. Somalia 59.50
    2. Central African Republic 48.20
    3. Haiti 46.80
    4. Yemen 45.40
    5. Madagascar 43.20
    6. Congo (Kinshasa) 41.70
    7. Liberia 38.90
    8. Congo (Brazzaville) 37.70
    9. Iraq 37.50
    10. Rwanda 35.20
    11. Chad 31.70
    12. Mozambique 31.20
    13. Botswana 29.30
    14. Venezuela 27.40
    15. Sierra Leone 26.20
    16. Afghanistan 25.60
    17. Tanzania 25.10
    18. Kenya 24.80
    19. Papua New Guinea 24.60
    20. Lesotho 23.50
    21. Timor Leste 22.60
    22. Togo 20.40
    23. Namibia 19.80
    24. Nicaragua 19.30
    25. Angola 17.30
    26. Malawi 17.30
    27. Guatemala 16.80
    28. Solomon Islands 16.50
    29. Djibouti 16.20
    30. Ethiopia 16.20
    31. Gabon 15.70
    32. Cape Verde 15.40
    33. India 15.30
    34. Ivory Coast 14.90
    35. Nigeria 14.60
    36. Burkina Faso 14.40
    37. Gambia 13.60
    38. Honduras 13.50
    39. Pakistan 12.90
    40. Bolivia 12.60
    41. Ecuador 12.40
    42. Sudan 12.30
    43. Saint Thomas and Principe 11.90
    44. Swaziland 11.60
    45. Mali 10.40
    46. Bangladesh 9.70
    47. Jordan 9.50
    48. Philippines 9.40
    49. Vanuatu 9.30
    50. Lebanon 9.30
    51. Paraguay 9.20
    52. Mauritania 9.10
    53. Colombia 8.80
    54. Suriname 8.70
    55. Peru 8.70
    56. Georgia 8.70
    57. El Salvador 8.50
    58. Dominican Republic 8.30
    59. Thailand 8.20
    60. Oman 8.20
    61. Jamaica 7.70
    62. Benin 7.60
    63. Burma (Myanmar) 7.60
    64. Senegal 7.50
    65. Panama 7.50
    66. Kyrgyzstan 7.20
    67. Mexico 7.20
    68. New Caledonia 6.90
    69. Sri Lanka 6.80
    70. Trinidad and Tobago 6.70
    71. Vietnam 6.70
    72. South Africa 6.50
    73. Indonesia 6.50
    74. Mauritius 6.20
    75. Cambodia 6.20
    76. Ghana 6.10
    77. Belize 5.90
    78. Saint Vincent and Grenadines 5.60
    79. Dominica 5.60
    80. Fiji 5.60
    81. Iran 5.50
    82. Egypt 5.40
    83. Cameroon 5.30
    84. Laos 5.30
    85. Guyana 5.20
    86. Nepal 4.80
    87. Samoa 4.60
    88. Mongolia 4.30
    89. Macau 4.30
    90. Morocco 4.20
    91. Kiribati 4.10
    92. Barbados 4.10
    93. Turkmenistan 4.10
    94. Slovakia 4.00
    95. Albania 3.90
    96. Argentina 3.90
    97. Saudi Arabia 3.90
    98. Serbia 3.90
    99. French Polynesia 3.80
    100. United Arab Emirates 3.70
    101. Armenia 3.40
    102. Chile 3.40
    103. Malaysia 3.20
    104. Costa Rica 3.10
    105. Tunisia 3.00
    106. Bulgaria 3.00
    107. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) 2.70
    108. Switzerland 2.50
    109. Turkey 2.50
    110. Ukraine 2.50
    111. Slovenia 2.50
    112. United Kingdom 2.50
    113. Sweden 2.50
    114. United States 2.50
    115. Uruguay 2.50
    116. Uzbekistan 2.50
    117. Russia 2.50
    118. Spain 2.50
    119. Algeria 2.50
    120. Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.50
    121. Luxembourg 2.50
    122. Romania 2.50
    123. Cyprus 2.50
    124. Greece 2.50
    125. Germany 2.50
    126. France 2.50
    127. Finland 2.50
    128. Estonia 2.50
    129. Denmark 2.50
    130. Czech Republic 2.50
    131. Cuba 2.50
    132. Hungary 2.50
    133. Croatia 2.50
    134. Belarus 2.50
    135. Belgium 2.50
    136. China 2.50
    137. Canada 2.50
    138. Brunei 2.50
    139. Brazil 2.50
    140. Hong Kong 2.50
    141. Iceland 2.50
    142. Portugal 2.50
    143. Austria 2.50
    144. Poland 2.50
    145. Norway 2.50
    146. New Zealand 2.50
    147. Netherlands 2.50
    148. Australia 2.50
    149. Montenegro 2.50
    150. Malta 2.50
    151. Lithuania 2.50
    152. Ireland 2.50
    153. Azerbaijan 2.50
    154. Latvia 2.50
    155. South Korea 2.50
    156. Kazakhstan 2.50
    157. Japan 2.50
    158. Italy 2.50
    159. Israel 2.50
    160. Kuwait 2.50

    Related Malnutrition Datasets

    Individuals whose food intake is chronically insufficient to meet their minimum energy requirements. If the undernourished percentage of the population is 5 percent or less, it is recorded as 5 percent.

    Source: MDG