Global Rankings: Undernourishment % (2023)

Rank	Country	Value
1	Haiti	54.20
2	Somalia	53.20
3	Madagascar	39.50
4	Syrian Arab Republic	39
5	Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	38.50
6	Zambia	37.20
7	Kenya	36.80
8	Liberia	35.50
9	Chad	32
10	Central African Republic	29.80
11	Papua New Guinea	28.70
12	Afghanistan	28.10
13	Congo	26.40
14	Gabon	25.30
15	Rwanda	24.40
16	Sierra Leone	24.10
17	Botswana	24
18	Angola	22.50
19	South Sudan	22.30
20	Guinea-Bissau	22.10
21	Uganda	22
22	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	21.80
23	Mozambique	21.80
24	Malawi	21.40
25	Tanzania, United Republic of	20.20
26	Solomon Islands	20
27	Nigeria	19.90
28	Ethiopia	19.70
29	Zimbabwe	19.70
30	Timor-Leste	18.70
31	Namibia	18.10
32	Sao Tome and Principe	17.40
33	Gambia	16.80
34	Libya	16.50
35	Pakistan	16.50
36	Comoros	15.40
37	Iraq	14.90
38	Honduras	14.80
39	Eswatini	14.70
40	Benin	14.30
41	Jordan	14.30
42	Cabo Verde	13.50
43	Burkina Faso	13.10
44	Djibouti	12.90
45	Niger	12.90
46	Mali	12.30
47	Ecuador	12.10
48	India	12
49	Guatemala	11.80
50	Guinea	11.40
51	Macao	11.20
52	Trinidad and Tobago	11.20
53	Côte d'Ivoire	11.10
54	Bangladesh	10.40
55	South Africa	10
56	Suriname	9.70
57	Egypt	9.40
58	Togo	9.10
59	Lebanon	8.70
60	Mauritania	8.70
61	Mauritius	8.70
62	Tajikistan	8.40
63	Jamaica	7.70
64	Sri Lanka	7.40
65	Vanuatu	7.20
66	Belize	7
67	Morocco	7
68	Peru	6.90
69	Ukraine	6.90
70	Fiji	6.80
71	Iran, Islamic Republic of	6.80
72	El Salvador	6.70
73	Ghana	6.30
74	Indonesia	6.30
75	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.10
76	Oman	5.90
77	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	5.90
78	Panama	5.70
79	Albania	5.40
80	Myanmar	5.40
81	Nepal	5.30
82	Viet Nam	5.30
83	Cambodia	5.20
84	Paraguay	5.20
85	Kyrgyzstan	5.10
86	Senegal	5.10
87	New Caledonia	4.90
88	Cameroon	4.80
89	Thailand	4.60
90	Barbados	4.40
91	Turkmenistan	4.30
92	Kiribati	4.10
93	Colombia	3.90
94	French Polynesia	3.80
95	Dominica	3.60
96	Dominican Republic	3.60
97	Samoa	3.60
98	Argentina	3.40
99	Hong Kong	3.10
100	Slovakia	3.10
101	Philippines	3
102	Tunisia	3
103	Mexico	2.70
104	Algeria	2.50
105	Armenia	2.50
106	Australia	2.50
107	Austria	2.50
108	Azerbaijan	2.50
109	Belarus	2.50
110	Belgium	2.50
111	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.50
112	Brazil	2.50
113	Bulgaria	2.50
114	Canada	2.50
115	Chile	2.50
116	China	2.50
117	Costa Rica	2.50
118	Croatia	2.50
119	Cyprus	2.50
120	Czechia	2.50
121	Denmark	2.50
122	Estonia	2.50
123	Finland	2.50
124	France	2.50
125	Georgia	2.50
126	Germany	2.50
127	Greece	2.50
128	Guyana	2.50
129	Hungary	2.50
130	Iceland	2.50
131	Ireland	2.50
132	Israel	2.50
133	Italy	2.50
134	Kazakhstan	2.50
135	Korea, Republic of	2.50
136	Kuwait	2.50
137	Latvia	2.50
138	Lithuania	2.50
139	Luxembourg	2.50
140	Malaysia	2.50
141	Malta	2.50
142	Moldova, Republic of	2.50
143	Mongolia	2.50
144	Montenegro	2.50
145	Netherlands	2.50
146	New Zealand	2.50
147	North Macedonia	2.50
148	Norway	2.50
149	Poland	2.50
150	Portugal	2.50
151	Romania	2.50
152	Russian Federation	2.50
153	Saudi Arabia	2.50
154	Serbia	2.50
155	Seychelles	2.50
156	Slovenia	2.50
157	Spain	2.50
158	Sweden	2.50
159	Switzerland	2.50
160	Türkiye	2.50
161	United Arab Emirates	2.50
162	United Kingdom	2.50
163	United States	2.50
164	Uruguay	2.50
165	Uzbekistan	2.50

About This Indicator

Prevalence of undernourishments is the percentage of the population whose habitual food consumption is insufficient to provide the dietary energy levels that are required to maintain a normal active and healthy life. Data showing as 2.5 may signify a prevalence of undernourishment below 2.5%.

Data source: World Bank Development Indicators