ANNEX TABLE I: Food, Nutrition and Health Indicators
 

Proportion of  population undernourished

Number of  people undernourished

Per caput dietary energy supply

Underweight Under-fives (moderate and severe)

Under Five Mortality Rate

Region, subregion, country

1998-2000

1998-2000

1998-2000

2002

2000

(%)

(millions)

(kcal/day)

(%)

(%)

DEVELOPING WORLD

17

798.8

ASIA AND PACIFIC

16

508.1

34

EAST ASIA

10

128.4

China[3]*

9

119.1

3030

10

32

China, Hong Kong SAR[1]

0.1

3100

Korea, Dem People's Rep[5]

34

7.5

2170

60

23

Korea, Republic of[1]

0.7

3060

5

Mongolia[5]

42

1.0

2020

13

62

OCEANIA

27

1.3

 

Papua New Guinea[4]

27

1.3

2180

35

79

SOUTH EAST ASIA

12

63.5

 

Cambodia[5]

36

4.6

1990

46

95

Indonesia[3]

6

12.3

2900

26

35

Laos[4]

24

1.2

2240

40

90

Malaysia[1]

0.4

2930

18

8

Myanmar[3]

6

3.1

2820

36

78

Philippines[4]

23

16.8

2360

28

30

Thailand[4]

18

11.5

2480

19

25

Viet Nam[3]

18

13.7

2540

36

30

SOUTH ASIA

24

314.9

 

72

Bangladesh[4]

35

47.0

2100

48

54

India[4]

24

233.3

2430

47

69

Nepal[4]

19

4.3

2380

47

72

Pakistan[3]

19

26.0

2460

38

85

Sri Lanka[4]

23

4.3

2360

33

17

LATIN AMERICA AND
CARIBBEAN

11

54.8

 

30

NORTH AMERICA

5

5.2

 

Mexico[3]

5

5.2

3150

8

25

CENTRAL AMERICA

20

7.1

 

Costa Rica[3]

5

0.2

2780

5

10

El Salvador[3]

14

0.8

2460

12

34

Guatemala[4]

25

2.8

2160

24

44

Honduras[4]

21

1.3

2390

25

32

Nicaragua[4]

29

1.5

2240

12

37

Panama[3]

18

0.5

2410

7

20

CARIBBEAN

25

7.9

 

Cuba[3]

13

1.5

2560

4

7

Dominican Republic[4]

26

2.1

2310

5

42

Haiti[5]

50

4.0

2040

28

81

Jamaica[3]

9

0.2

2680

4

17

Trinidad and Tobago[3]

12

0.2

2720

7

17

SOUTH AMERICA

10

34.6

 

Argentina[1]

0.4

3180

5

18

Bolivia[4]

23

1.9

2210

10

62

Brazil[3]

10

16.7

2960

6

32

Chile[2]

4

0.6

2850

1

10

Colombia[3]

13

5.6

2570

7

25

Ecuador[2]

5

0.7

2680

15

25

Guyana[3]

14

0.1

2550

12

55

Paraguay[3]

14

0.7

2540

5

26

Peru[3]

11

2.9

2600

8

40

Proportion of population undernourished

Number of people undernourished

Per caput dietary energy supply

Progress in achieving the WFS Hunger Target

Under Five Mortality
Rate

Region, subregion, country

1998-2000

1998-2000

1998-2000

2002

2000

(%)

(millions)

(kcal/day)

Half 1990-92 #s

(%)

Suriname[3]

11

0.0

2630

27

Uruguay[2]

3

0.1

2850

5

15

Venezuela, Rep Of[4]

21

4.9

2280

5

20

NEAR EAST AND
NORTH AFRICA

10

4.0.

 

49

NEAR EAST

14

33.8

 

Afghanistan[5]

70

14.9

1630

48

165

Iran, Islamic Rep of[3]

5

3.8

2910

11

36

Iraq[3]

27

5.9

2150

16

105

Jordan[2]

6

0.3

2720

5

28

Kuwait[2]

4

0.1

3130

10

9

Lebanon[1]

3

0.1

3160

3

28

Saudi Arabia[1]

3

0.6

2840

14

24

Syrian Arab Republic[1]

3

0.5

3050

13

24

Turkey[1]

1.6

3390

8

38

United Arab Emirates[1]

0.1

3180

14

8

Yemen[4]

33

5.9

2040

46

85

NORTH AFRICA

4

6.2

 

Algeria[3]

6

1.7

2960

6

50

Egypt[2]

4

2.5

3320

12

37

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya[1]

0.0

3300

5

17

Morocco[3]

7

2.0

3010

9

41

Tunisia[1]

0.0

3360

4

22

SUB-SAHARAN
AFRICA

33

195.9

 

108

CENTRAL AFRICA

57

45.1

 

Cameroon[4]

25

3.6

2270

21

95

Central African Republic[5]

44

1.6

1950

24

115

Chad[4]

32

2.5

2180

28

118

Congo, Dem Republic of[5]

73

36.4

1590

34

128

Congo, Republic of[4]

32

0.9

2170

14

81

Gabon[3]

8

0.1

2550

12

60

EAST AFRICA

41

83.0

 

Burundi[5]

69

4.3

1620

45

114

Eritrea[5]

58

2.0

1710

44

73

Ethiopia[5]

44

27.1

1880

47

117

Kenya[5]

44

13.2

1960

23

77

Rwanda[5]

40

2.8

2020

29

100

Somalia[5]

71

6.0

1600

26

133

Sudan[4]

21

6.5

2360

17

66

Tanzania, United Rep of[5]

47

16.2

1920

29

104

Uganda[4]

21

4.7

2330

26

81

SOUTHERN AFRICA

43

37.1

 

Angola[5]

50

6.3

1890

172

Botswana[4]

25

0.4

2240

13

74

Lesotho[4]

26

0.5

2300

16

92

Madagascar[5]

40

6.2

2010

33

86

Malawi[5]

33

3.7

2160

25

117

Mauritius[3]

5

0.1

2970

16

17

Mozambique[5]

55

9.8

1910

26

126

Namibia[4]

9

0.2

2600

26

56

Swaziland[3]

12

0.1

2570

10

101

Zambia[5]

50

5.1

1900

25

112

Zimbabwe[5]

38

4.7

2110

13

73

WEST AFRICA

14

30.7

 

Benin[3]

13

0.8

2570

29

98

Burkina Faso[4]

23

2.6

2320

34

105

Cote D'Ivoire[3]

15

2.3

2590

21

102

Gambia[3]

21

0.3

2400

17

92

Ghana[3]

12

2.2

2650

25

58

Guinea[4]

32

2.6

2240

23

112

Liberia[5]

39

1.0

2140

20

157

Mali[4]

20

2.3

2400

43

142

Mauritania[3]

12

0.3

2660

23

120

Niger[5]

36

3.8

2100

40

159

Nigeria[3]

7

7.3

2840

27

110

Senegal[4]

25

2.3

2260

18

80

Sierra Leone[5]

47

2.0

1980

27

180

Togo[3]

23

1.0

2370

25

80

COUNTRIES
IN TRANSITION

7

30.2

 

30

COMMONWEALTH OF
INDEPENDENT STATES

9

25.5

 

Armenia[5]

46

1.8

2040

3

25

Azerbaijan[5]

23

1.9

2330

17

74

Belarus[1]

0.2

3050

17

Georgia[3]

16

0.9

2440

3

24

Kazakhstan[3]

8

1.2

2720

4

60

Kyrgyzstan[3]

8

0.4

2830

14

53

Moldova, Republic of[3]

10

0.4

2730

3

27

Russian Federation[3]

5

7.2

2900

3

18

Tajikistan[5]

64

3.9

1790

54

Turkmenistan[3]

8

0.4

2720

12

52

Ukraine[3]

5

2.6

2830

3

17

Uzbekistan[2]

19

4.7

2370

19

51

BALTIC STATES

3

0.3

 

Estonia[2]

0.0

3250

17

Latvia[2]

5

0.1

2880

17

Lithuania[2]

3

0.1

3010

17

EASTERN EUROPE

4

4.5

 

Albania[3]

8

0.3

2750

14

27

Bosnia And Herzegovina[2]

6

0.2

2810

4

15

Bulgaria[3]

15

1.2

2640

15

Croatia[3]

18

0.8

2480

1

8

Czech Republic[1]

0.2

3170

1

5

Hungary[1]

0.1

3420

2

8

Macedonia,The Fmr Yug Rp[3]

4

0.1

2960

Poland[1]

0.3

3370

9

Romania[1]

0.3

3280

6

19

Slovakia[1]

0.1

3100

8

Slovenia[1]

0.0

3080

5

Yugoslavia, Fed Rep of[2]**

8

0.8

2750

2

17

 

NOTES

KEY

Figure following country name
refers to prevalence category
as proportion of population
undernourished in 1997-99:

— proportion less than 2.5% undernourished
* includes Taiwan Province of China
** Serbia and Montenegro

[1] < 2.5% undernourished

SOURCES

[2] 2.5 - 4 % undernourished
[3] 5 - 19 % undernourished
[4] 20 - 34 % undernourished
[5] 35 % or more undernourished

Undenourished in total population: FAO estimates.
Per caput dietary energy supply: FAO estimates
Underweight Under-fives: UNICEF, State of the World’s Children 2003

Table does not include countries having insufficient data.

Under five mortality rate: UNICEF, State of the World's Children 2002

 


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