2.1.1 Prevalence of undernourishment — Value in Caribbean
Caribbean: 2.1.1 Prevalence of undernourishment — Value was 16.6 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
2.1.1 Prevalence of undernourishment — Value in Caribbean, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, 2.1.1 prevalence of undernourishment — value in Caribbean stood at 16.6 %.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 30.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, 2.1.1 prevalence of undernourishment — value in Caribbean peaked at 19.8 % in 2003 and was at its lowest, 12.6 %, in 2014.
Caribbean ranks 7th of 25 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
2.1.1 Prevalence of undernourishment — Value in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 17.2 % | — |
| 2001 | 17.5 % | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 17.3 % | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 19.8 % | +14.5% |
| 2004 | 18.6 % | -6.1% |
| 2005 | 17.8 % | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 16.9 % | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 16 % | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 15.5 % | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 14.6 % | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 14.2 % | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 13.9 % | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 14.1 % | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 13.4 % | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 12.6 % | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 12.7 % | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 13 % | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 12.7 % | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 13.3 % | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 13.4 % | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 14.5 % | +8.2% |
| 2021 | 14.4 % | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 17.2 % | +19.4% |
| 2023 | 17 % | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 16.5 % | -2.9% |
| 2025 | 16.6 % | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.12 % | 14.6 % | 19.8 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.33 % | 12.6 % | 14.2 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.03 % | 14.4 % | 17.2 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 4 Zambia 41 % compare
- 5 Liberia 37.3 % compare
- 6 Kenya 34.9 % compare
- 7 Chad 33.6 % compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 30.5 % compare
- 9 Central African Republic 29.8 % compare
- 10 Afghanistan 27.8 % compare
More economy & growth data for Caribbean
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 6.36 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 16.77 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ 15.55 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices 64,099 million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$ 92,184 million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita, 2015 prices 2.59 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 3.07 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 592,877 million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 8,773 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 13,606 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is 2.1.1 prevalence of undernourishment — value in Caribbean?
- 2.1.1 prevalence of undernourishment — value in Caribbean was 16.6 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest 2.1.1 prevalence of undernourishment — value recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 19.8 % in 2003.
- What is the lowest 2.1.1 prevalence of undernourishment — value recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.6 % in 2014.
- How does Caribbean rank for 2.1.1 prevalence of undernourishment — value?
- Caribbean ranks 7th out of 25 groups with data for 2025.
- Is 2.1.1 prevalence of undernourishment — value rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of 2.1.1 Prevalence of undernourishment — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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