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Share of the population who are undernourished vs. GDP per capita by country

Share of the population whose daily food intake does not provide enough energy to maintain a normal, active, and healthy life.

Countries reporting
166
Highest
54.2 percent
Haiti
Lowest
2.5 percent
Uzbekistan
Median
5.3 percent
Years covered
23
2001–2023
Data points
3,850

What the numbers show

Share of the population who are undernourished vs. GDP per capita is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 54.2 percent in Haiti; the lowest is 2.5 percent in Uzbekistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.3 percent, and the mean is 10.06 percent.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 22.

Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 348.3%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 79.0%).

Share of the population who are undernourished vs. GDP per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Haiti 54.2 percent 2023 up 39.0% flat
2 Somalia 53.2 percent 2023 down 16.0% falling
3 North Korea 47 percent 2018 up 16.0% rising
4 Madagascar 39.5 percent 2023 up 31.2% rising
5 Syria 39 percent 2023 up 348.3% volatile
6 Democratic Republic of Congo 38.5 percent 2023 up 25.0% rising
7 Zambia 37.2 percent 2023 down 4.9% falling
8 Kenya 36.8 percent 2023 up 94.7% falling
9 Liberia 35.5 percent 2023 down 2.5% flat
10 Chad 32 percent 2023 up 34.5% falling
11 Central African Republic 29.8 percent 2023 down 1.0% falling
12 Papua New Guinea 28.7 percent 2023 up 5.1% flat
13 Afghanistan 28.1 percent 2023 up 44.8% falling
14 Congo 26.4 percent 2023 down 19.3% flat
15 Gabon 25.3 percent 2023 up 93.1% rising
16 Rwanda 24.4 percent 2023 down 31.7% falling
17 Sierra Leone 24.1 percent 2023 up 3.9% falling
18 Botswana 24 percent 2023 up 15.4% falling
19 Angola 22.5 percent 2023 up 66.7% volatile
20 Guinea-Bissau 22.1 percent 2023 down 24.1% rising
21 Uganda 22 percent 2023 up 3.3% rising
22 Bolivia 21.8 percent 2023 up 21.1% falling
22 Mozambique 21.8 percent 2023 down 17.4% falling
24 Malawi 21.4 percent 2023 up 43.6% falling
25 Tanzania 20.2 percent 2023 down 4.7% falling
26 Solomon Islands 20 percent 2023 up 6.4% rising
27 Nigeria 19.9 percent 2023 up 74.6% rising
28 Ethiopia 19.7 percent 2023 up 11.3% falling
28 Zimbabwe 19.7 percent 2023 down 36.7% falling
30 East Timor 18.7 percent 2023 up 21.4% falling
31 Namibia 18.1 percent 2023 down 22.3% flat
32 Sao Tome and Principe 17.4 percent 2023 unchanged rising
33 Nicaragua 17.3 percent 2022 up 1.8% falling
34 Gambia 16.8 percent 2023 up 51.4% flat
35 Libya 16.5 percent 2023 up 68.4% rising
35 Pakistan 16.5 percent 2023 up 12.2% falling
37 Comoros 15.4 percent 2023 up 2.7% falling
38 Iraq 14.9 percent 2023 unchanged falling
39 Honduras 14.8 percent 2023 up 8.0% falling
40 Eswatini 14.7 percent 2023 down 16.0% rising
41 Benin 14.3 percent 2023 up 55.4% rising
41 Jordan 14.3 percent 2023 up 74.4% rising
43 Cape Verde 13.5 percent 2023 down 11.8% falling
44 Burkina Faso 13.1 percent 2023 down 3.0% falling
45 Djibouti 12.9 percent 2023 down 17.8% falling
45 Niger 12.9 percent 2023 down 11.0% falling
47 Mali 12.3 percent 2023 up 136.5% falling
48 Ecuador 12.1 percent 2023 up 42.4% falling
49 India 12 percent 2023 down 6.2% falling
50 Guatemala 11.8 percent 2023 down 25.3% falling
51 Guinea 11.4 percent 2023 down 19.7% falling
52 Macao 11.2 percent 2023 up 47.4% falling
52 Trinidad and Tobago 11.2 percent 2023 up 67.2% falling
54 Cote d'Ivoire 11.1 percent 2023 down 28.4% falling
55 Sudan 11 percent 2021 up 26.4% rising
56 Bangladesh 10.4 percent 2023 down 37.7% falling
57 South Africa 10 percent 2023 up 78.6% rising
58 Suriname 9.7 percent 2023 up 24.4% flat
59 Egypt 9.4 percent 2023 up 54.1% rising
60 Togo 9.1 percent 2023 down 53.6% falling
61 Lebanon 8.7 percent 2023 up 81.2% rising
61 Mauritania 8.7 percent 2023 up 42.6% falling
61 Mauritius 8.7 percent 2023 up 29.9% rising
64 Tajikistan 8.4 percent 2023 down 58.6% volatile
65 Jamaica 7.7 percent 2023 unchanged flat
66 Sri Lanka 7.4 percent 2023 down 15.9% falling
67 Vanuatu 7.2 percent 2023 down 5.3% falling
68 Belize 7 percent 2023 up 16.7% rising
68 Morocco 7 percent 2023 up 70.7% rising
70 Peru 6.9 percent 2023 up 23.2% volatile
70 Ukraine 6.9 percent 2023 up 176.0% rising
72 Fiji 6.8 percent 2023 down 5.6% rising
72 Iran 6.8 percent 2023 down 15.0% rising
74 El Salvador 6.7 percent 2023 down 27.2% falling
75 Ghana 6.3 percent 2023 down 21.2% falling
75 Indonesia 6.3 percent 2023 down 24.1% falling
77 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.1 percent 2023 up 27.1% falling
78 Oman 5.9 percent 2023 down 14.5% falling
78 Venezuela 5.9 percent 2023 up 136.0% volatile
80 Panama 5.7 percent 2023 down 19.7% volatile
81 Albania 5.4 percent 2023 up 17.4% falling
81 Myanmar 5.4 percent 2023 down 15.6% volatile
83 Nepal 5.3 percent 2023 down 39.1% volatile
83 Vietnam 5.3 percent 2023 down 36.9% falling
85 Cambodia 5.2 percent 2023 down 38.1% falling
85 Paraguay 5.2 percent 2023 up 108.0% volatile
87 Kyrgyzstan 5.1 percent 2023 down 16.4% falling
87 Senegal 5.1 percent 2023 down 54.5% falling
89 New Caledonia 4.9 percent 2023 down 40.2% falling
90 Cameroon 4.8 percent 2023 up 14.3% volatile
91 Thailand 4.6 percent 2023 down 47.1% falling
92 Barbados 4.4 percent 2023 up 76.0% falling
93 Turkmenistan 4.3 percent 2023 up 4.9% falling
94 Kiribati 4.1 percent 2023 up 32.3% falling
95 Colombia 3.9 percent 2023 down 44.3% falling
96 French Polynesia 3.8 percent 2023 down 19.1% falling
96 Taiwan 3.8 percent 2023 down 17.4% falling
98 Dominica 3.6 percent 2023 down 21.7% rising
98 Dominican Republic 3.6 percent 2023 down 60.4% volatile
98 Samoa 3.6 percent 2023 down 14.3% rising
101 Argentina 3.4 percent 2023 up 6.2% falling
102 Hong Kong 3.1 percent 2023 up 24.0% rising
102 Slovakia 3.1 percent 2023 down 44.6% falling
104 Philippines 3 percent 2023 down 78.1% falling
104 Tunisia 3 percent 2023 down 3.2% falling
106 Mexico 2.7 percent 2023 down 27.0% falling
107 United Arab Emirates 2.5 percent 2023 down 28.6% falling
107 Armenia 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged volatile
107 Australia 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Austria 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Azerbaijan 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged volatile
107 Belgium 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Bulgaria 2.5 percent 2023 down 40.5% falling
107 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged falling
107 Belarus 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged falling
107 Brazil 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged volatile
107 Canada 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Switzerland 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Chile 2.5 percent 2023 down 26.5% flat
107 China 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged volatile
107 Costa Rica 2.5 percent 2023 down 13.8% falling
107 Cuba 2.5 percent 2006 unchanged flat
107 Cyprus 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged falling
107 Czechia 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Germany 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Denmark 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Algeria 2.5 percent 2023 down 13.8% falling
107 Spain 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Estonia 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged falling
107 Finland 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 France 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 United Kingdom 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Georgia 2.5 percent 2023 down 66.2% falling
107 Greece 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Guyana 2.5 percent 2023 down 63.8% falling
107 Croatia 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged volatile
107 Hungary 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Iceland 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Israel 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Italy 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Kazakhstan 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged falling
107 South Korea 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Kuwait 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Lithuania 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Latvia 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged falling
107 Moldova 2.5 percent 2023 down 43.2% volatile
107 North Macedonia 2.5 percent 2023 down 34.2% falling
107 Montenegro 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged volatile
107 Mongolia 2.5 percent 2023 down 79.0% volatile
107 Malaysia 2.5 percent 2023 down 32.4% falling
107 Netherlands 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Norway 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 New Zealand 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Poland 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Portugal 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Romania 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Russia 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged falling
107 Saudi Arabia 2.5 percent 2023 down 10.7% falling
107 Serbia 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged falling
107 Slovenia 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Sweden 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Seychelles 2.5 percent 2023 down 51.9% flat
107 Turkey 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged volatile
107 Uruguay 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged falling
107 United States 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged flat
107 Uzbekistan 2.5 percent 2023 unchanged volatile

About this data

Indicator
Share of the population who are undernourished vs. GDP per capita
Unit
percent
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
169 places, 3,850 data points, 2001–2023
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Share of the population whose daily food intake does not provide enough energy to maintain a normal, active, and healthy life.