Annex Table 2

ANNEX TABLE 2 Incidence of undernourishment by country, geographic region and undernourishment prevalence category
Country	Undernourished as a percentage of total population		Geographic region	Prevalence category 1997-99
	1990-92	1997-99
Tunisia	*	*	Near East and North Africa	1
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	*	*	Near East and North Africa	1
Hong Kong SAR of China	*	*	East and Southeast Asia	1
Argentina	*	*	Latin America and the Caribbean	1
Syrian Arab Republic	*	*	Near East and North Africa	1
Republic of Korea	*	*	East and Southeast Asia	1
Turkey	*	*	Near East and North Africa	1
Malaysia	3	*	East and Southeast Asia	1
Saudi Arabia	*	*	Near East and North Africa	1
Lebanon	*	*	Near East and North Africa	1
United Arab Emirates	3	*	Near East and North Africa	1
Uruguay	6	3	Latin America and the Caribbean	2
Kuwait	23	4	Near East and North Africa	2
Egypt	5	4	Near East and North Africa	2
Chile	8	4	Latin America and the Caribbean	2
Jordan	3	5	Near East and North Africa	3
Ecuador	8	5	Latin America and the Caribbean	3
Iran, Islamic Republic	4	5	Near East and North Africa	3
Mexico	5	5	Latin America and the Caribbean	3
Costa Rica	6	5	Latin America and the Caribbean	3
Mauritius	6	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	3
Indonesia	9	6	East and Southeast Asia	3
Algeria	5	6	Near East and North Africa	3
Morocco	5	6	Near East and North Africa	3
Myanmar	9	7	East and Southeast Asia	3
Nigeria	14	7	Sub-Saharan Africa	3
Jamaica	12	8	Latin America and the Caribbean	3
Gabon	11	9	Sub-Saharan Africa	3
China (including Taiwan Province)	16	9	East and Southeast Asia	3
Brazil	13	10	Latin America and the Caribbean	3
Suriname	12	11	Latin America and the Caribbean	3
Mauritania	14	11	Sub-Saharan Africa	3
El Salvador	12	12	Latin America and the Caribbean	3
Swaziland	10	12	Sub-Saharan Africa	3
Peru	41	13	Latin America and the Caribbean	3
Trinidad and Tobago	12	13	Latin America and the Caribbean	3
Paraguay	18	13	Latin America and the Caribbean	3
Colombia	17	13	Latin America and the Caribbean	3
Guyana	19	14	Latin America and the Caribbean	3
Iraq	7	14	Near East and North Africa	3
Ghana	35	15	Sub-Saharan Africa	3
Gambia	19	15	Sub-Saharan Africa	3
Benin	19	15	Sub-Saharan Africa	3
Côte d'Ivoire	19	16	Sub-Saharan Africa	3
Panama	19	16	Latin America and the Caribbean	3
Togo	27	17	Sub-Saharan Africa	3
Cuba	5	17	Latin America and the Caribbean	3
Pakistan	24	18	South Asia	3
Viet Nam	27	19	East and Southeast Asia	3
Venezuela	11	21	Latin America and the Caribbean	4
Sudan	31	21	Sub-Saharan Africa	4
Thailand	30	21	East and Southeast Asia	4
Honduras	23	21	Latin America and the Caribbean	4
Guatemala	14	22	Latin America and the Caribbean	4
Bolivia	25	22	Latin America and the Caribbean	4
Nepal	19	23	South Asia	4
India	25	23	South Asia	4
Sri Lanka	29	23	South Asia	4
Botswana	17	23	Sub-Saharan Africa	4
Philippines	26	24	East and Southeast Asia	4
Senegal	23	24	Sub-Saharan Africa	4
Burkina Faso	31	24	Sub-Saharan Africa	4
Dominican Republic	27	25	Latin America and the Caribbean	4
Lesotho	28	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	4
Cameroon	29	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	4
Papua New Guinea	24	26	Oceania	4
Mali	25	28	Sub-Saharan Africa	4
Uganda	24	28	Sub-Saharan Africa	4
Lao People's Democratic Republic	29	28	East and Southeast Asia	4
Nicaragua	30	29	Latin America and the Caribbean	4
Congo	35	32	Sub-Saharan Africa	4
Namibia	30	33	Sub-Saharan Africa	4
Bangladesh	35	33	South Asia	4
Yemen	36	34	Near East and North Africa	4
Chad	58	34	Sub-Saharan Africa	4
Guinea	40	34	Sub-Saharan Africa	4
Malawi	49	35	Sub-Saharan Africa	5
Cambodia	43	37	East and Southeast Asia	5
Zimbabwe	43	39	Sub-Saharan Africa	5
Rwanda	34	40	Sub-Saharan Africa	5
Democratic People's Rep. of Korea	17	40	East and Southeast Asia	5
Madagascar	35	40	Sub-Saharan Africa	5
Niger	42	41	Sub-Saharan Africa	5
Sierra Leone	46	41	Sub-Saharan Africa	5
Liberia	37	42	Sub-Saharan Africa	5
Mongolia	34	42	East and Southeast Asia	5
Central African Republic	46	43	Sub-Saharan Africa	5
Kenya	47	46	Sub-Saharan Africa	5
United Republic of Tanzania	34	46	Sub-Saharan Africa	5
Zambia	43	47	Sub-Saharan Africa	5
Ethiopia	n.a.	49	Sub-Saharan Africa	5
Angola	61	51	Sub-Saharan Africa	5
Mozambique	69	54	Sub-Saharan Africa	5
Haiti	63	56	Latin America and the Caribbean	5
Eritrea	n.a.	57	Sub-Saharan Africa	5
Afghanistan	64	58	Near East and North Africa	5
Democratic Republic of the Congo	35	64	Sub-Saharan Africa	5
Burundi	48	66	Sub-Saharan Africa	5
Somalia	67	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	5
Note: Undernourishment prevalence categories refer to the proportion of undernourished in a country's total population. Category 1: < 2.5 percent; Category 2: 2.5-<5 percent; Category 3: 5-<20 percent; Category 4: 20-<34 percent; Category 5:  35 percent; Category 6: countries for which data are not available. Source: FAO.